OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297170
BELE TURI BRICK BLOCK STONE COMPANY
ANNAPOLIS, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FORKLIFT WHILE ADJUSTING CARBURETOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRYING TO ADJUST THE CARBURETOR ON A HI-LIFT TRUCK WHICH HAD BEE N STOPPED BY ITS OPERATOR FOR A SHORT TIME. THE OPERATOR WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HI-LIFT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BENDIN G OVER WHILE ADJUSTING THE CARBURETOR. HE WAS OUT OF SIGHT OF THE FORKLIFT'S OPE RATOR. THE DRIVER HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYEE #1'S PRESENCE. NO ONE HAD INSTRUC TED EMPLOYEE #1 TO ADJUST THE CARBURETOR. HE WAS JUST TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. HE W AS STRUCK BY THE HI-LIFT WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED TO MOVE IT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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