OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295687
STEEL PLATE,FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,LEG,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
STELL PLATES FELL AGAINST EMPLOYEE'S LEG, CAUSING FRACTURES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REFURBISHING THE SKID PLATES ON THE BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER LOYER DID NOT REQUIRE THE USE OF PPE FOR A JOB LIKE MOVING HEAVY STEEL PLATES. T HERE WAS NO RACK FOR THE STORAGE OF STEEL PLATES, SO THEY HAD BEEN STORED LEANIN G AGAINST SIDE WALL OF WORK AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 MISJUDGED A HAZARDOUS CONDITION. H E SUFFERED FRACTURES OF HIS RIGHT LEG. WITH HEAVY GAUGE STEEL PLATE. FOUR BY EIGHT FOOT STOCK STEEL PLATES WERE STORED STANDING ON EDGE AGAINST A WALL. EMPLOYEES MANUALLY PULLED 3 SHEETS FORWARD AND TRIED TO SLIDE THE FOURTH SHEET OUT. EMPLOYEE #1 HELD THE SHEETS FORWARD WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED ON THE END OF THE DESIRED SHEET. EMPLOYEE #1 PULLED THE SHEETS TOO FAR FORWARD. THE WEIGHT OF THE SHEETS CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, ALLOWING THE SHEETS TO FALL FORWARD AND STRIKE HIS RIGHT LEG. THERE WAS NO MATE RIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT IN THE SHOP FOR MOVING HEAVY STEEL PLATES. EMPLOYEE #1 H AD WORKED IN THE SHOP AREA FOR 18 YEARS AND WAS A FULLYTRAINED MECHANIC. THE EMP
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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