OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000702
ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE OVERFLOW CO.
STATESVILLE, NC·
Event description
Employee's hip fractured when pinned against wall by crate
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:23 a.m. on June 27, 1988, Employee #1 was attempting to help in. steel and concrete post on her right. Employee #1 suffered a fractured hip and was held overnight in the hospital. Employees were not trained on how to use forklifts or in proper material handling techniques. her supervisor and three coworkers move a 4 ft by 4 ft by 10 ft crate that weigh ed approximately 1,500 lb. Half of the crate had been moved from a trailer. The three coworkers were standing inside the trailer about 1 ft from the end of the crate while Employee #1 was facing the front of the crate with her back to a wal l and the shipping door. The supervisor had instructed her to take this position to put weight on the crate. When the supervisor, using a T-50B 13 1/2 ton capac ity Caterpillar, approached the crate, the forks caught the bottom of the crate and jolted it forward. The crate pinned Employee #1 between it, a wall, and an 8
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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