OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194146
SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER
SYKESVILLE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN HE FALLS FROM TRUCK
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, dump truck operator, was standing on the cab shield of a Mack dump cement hazards. truck directing the placement of a five-feet by eight-feet by 0.5-inch steel pla te when he lost his balance and fell approximately 15 feet to the soft dirt and sand below. Employee #1 sustained a fractured nose, a fractured left wrist, a fr actured right knee, a fractured right elbow, and a dislocated right shoulder. Th e steel plate was being placed into the dump truck by a mobile hydraulic two tra ck excavator, Model: Gradall, G660. Employee #1 stated he was startled by the bo om movement towards him as he was attempting to remove the load supporting chain s. Employee #1 stated that he had not received training or signaling on load pla
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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