OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297204
ROANE'S RIGGING & TRANSFER COMPANY, INC.
ANNAPOLIS, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM FORKLIFT FORKS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE FORKS OF A FORK LIFT 9 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE FLO OR REMOVING METAL LOUVERS FROM A WALL. THE LOUVERS PULLED LOOSE CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. THE LOUVERS WERE 4 INCHES THICK, 60 INCHES WI DE AND 40 INCHES HIGH. THE FORKS OF THE LIFT WERE 6 INCHES WIDE AND 5 FEET LONG.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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