OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198709
FRACTURE,HEAD,BOOM,BACK,LACERATION,CONCRETE BLOCK,FLATBED TRUCK,WRIST
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED BY FALLING FORK ATTACHMENT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a Disco Side-O-Matic hydraulic unloader that was mount ed on a flat bed truck. He was unloading cubes of concrete blocks from the truck . He had unloaded seven cubes and was raising the forks to unload the eighth cub e. Employee #1 raised the forks, which were attached to a block and hook on a wi re rope. He raised the block to the trolley of the boom. The block was pulled ti ght into the trolley. The block turned sideways, allowing the forks to slide out of the hook and fall on Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained severe head lacerati ons, a fractured wrist, and injured his back.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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