OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194997
ARUNDEL CRANE SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
ANNAPOLIS, MD·
Event description
LEG PINNED BETWEEN TRUCK WINCH AND FRONT OF AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DELIVERING AN AERIAL SCISSOR LIFT TO A JOBSITE. THE LIFT HAD BEE O BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT HIS COMPANY OFFERS. N LOADED ONTO A ROLLBACK FLATBED TRUCK. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE SITE, HE BACKED T HE TRUCK TO THE LOADING DOCK AND SLACKENED THE WINCH LINE SO THAT THE TRUCK COUL D BE UNLOADED. HE THEN PICKED UP THE LIFT'S PENDANT CONTROL BOX, THEN ACCIDENTAL LY DROPPED IT. WHEN THE CONTROL BOX STRUCK THE TRUCK BED, THE CONTROL WAS KNOCKE D TO THE "FORWARD" POSITION. THE LIFT MOVED FORWARD, TOWARD EMPLOYEE #1, PINNING HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE TRUCK WINCH AND THE FRONT OF THE LIFT. HE QUICKLY GRA BBED THE CONTROL BOX AND MOVED THE LIFT AWAY FROM HIM. HE RECEIVED A BRUISED RIG HT SHIN. THE EMPLOYEE IS THE COMANY'S SALES MANAGER, AND, AS SUCH, IS REQUIRED T
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 243
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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