OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14306203
AMERICAN FUEL & SUPPLY CO
MEMPHIS, TN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK ON HEAD BY FALLING LIFT PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A MAINTENANCE MAN, WAS REMOVING A LEAKING LIFT CYLINDER FROM A FORK LIFT. THE MAST WAS IN A RAISED POSITION. THE LIFT PLATFORM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SE CURED WITH A CHAIN TO THE TOP OF THE MAST WHILE THE CYLINDER WAS BEING REMOVED. HOWEVER, NO CHAIN WAS USED. WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS RELEASED ON A HYDRAULIC LINE, THE UNSERCURED LIFT PLATFORM FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND NECK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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