OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295737
MCKESSON OFFICE PRODUCTS DIV. OF MCKESSON CORP.
JESSUP, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ORDER PICKER; DID NOT USE SEAT BELT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING AN ELECTRIC HIGH LIFT ORDER PICKER TRUCK TO PLACE CARTONS N TRAINED TO OPERATE THE TRUCK AND TOLD TO USE THE SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD WHENE VER ELEVATING. THE REQUIREMENT TO "TIE OFF" WAS CONFIRMED BY THREE OTHER WAREHOU SE EMPLOYEES, ONE OF WHOM WAS THE TEAMSTERS UNION STEWARD. ALL 3 ORDER PICKER TR UCKS WERE FOUND TO BE IN SATISFACTORY OPERATING CONDITION. THE EMPLOYEE FAILED T O USE THE SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD IN THIS CASE. WITH THE PLATFORM ELEVATED, HE S TEPPED ON A PALLET WHICH TILTED SLOGHTLY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE FL OOR. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. OF OFFICE SUPPLIES IN TEMPORARY STORAGE IN A WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE. THE EMPLOYEE W AS WORKING 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE A FLAT, SMOOTH CONCRETE FLOOR IN A WELL-LIT AREA. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CROWN CONTROLS CORP. ORDER-PICKER TRUCK. ALL THREE OF THESE TRUCKS WERE FITTED WITH PALLET CENTER STRINGER CLAMPS AS STANDARD EQUIPMEN T. THESE CLAMPS SECURE PALLETS TO THE FORKS. ALSO, ALL THE ORDER PICKERS WERE EQ UIPPED WITH 6 FOOT ROPE LANYARDS AND SAFETY BELTS. THE OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE SEAT BELT AND LANYARD WHEN ELEVATING THE PLATFORM. THE PLATFORM CONTAIN ED ALL THE CONTROLS AND WAS INTEGRAL WITH THE PALLET FORKS. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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