OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201214
BEAM,FINGER,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,HAND
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND LACERATED WHEN PINCHED BETWEEN BEAM & PALLET
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED A LONG STEEL RACK BEAM INTO AN OPEN SIDED SHED SO THAT HE COU LD CUT OFF ONE END. THE END HE WAS CUTTING WAS INSIDE THE SHED, WHILE THE OTHER END PROTRUDED OUTSIDE THE SHED. WHILE HE WAS CUTTING, A FORKLIFT TRUCK, OPERATED BY A DRIVER WHO WAS STILL IN TRAINING, BRUSHED BY THE PROTRUDING END OF THE BEA M. THE BEAM PIVOTED, CAUSING THE INNER END TO MOVE AGAINST A PALLET OF PLYWOOD. EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PALLET AND BEAM, CAUSING LACE RATIONS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS. EMPLOYEE #1 USED POOR JUDGEMENT BY BY W ORKING ON THE BEAM IN A LOCATION WHERE HE COULD NOT BE SEEN BY THE PASSING FORKL IFT OPERATOR.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 285
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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