OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304414
QUADRANT GENERAL, INC.
ANCHORAGE, AK·
Event description
THROWN FROM FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO UPRIGHT A HYSTER HIGHLIFT WITH A LARGE BACKHOE. HE HAD PUT A CABLE ON THE SHOVEL OF THE BACKHOE AND THEN SECURED THE OTHER END TO THE FORKLIFT. THE BACKHOE LIFTED THE FORKLIFT BACK TO AN UPRIGHT POSTION, BUT TH E GROUND WAS NOT LEVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 GOT INTO THE FORKLIFT AND STARTED IT. HE ATT EMPTED TO MOVE IT WITH THE CABLE STILL ATTACHED. THE CABLE CAME LOOSE, CAUSING T HE FORKLIFT TO FALL BACK OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE FROZEN GROUND, BREAKING H IS BACK.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.