OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449383
MIDWEST FIRE PLACE
ST. LOUIS PARK, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE BEING LIFTED BY FORK LIFT INJURED; LIFT OVERTURNED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:50 AM ON JANUARY 12, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BEING LIFTED IN A WOODEN BOX ATTACHED TO THE FORKS OF A LULL HI-LIFT TRUCK. AT ABOUT 25 FEET IN EL EVATION AND 80% OF LIFT EXTENSION, THE LIFT TRUCK BEGAN TO SLIDE BACKWARDS BECAU SE IT WAS OVERBALANCED TO THE REAR. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A ROCK AND BEGAN TO TIP O VER. THE DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE VEHICLE. IT CONTINUED TO ROLL BACK, STRUCK A CEM ENT LAMP POST BASE AND TIPPED OVER. EMPLOYEE #1, IN THE WOODEN BOX, FELL WITH TH E LIFT AND RODE THE BOX DOWN. HE SUFFERED A BRUISED KIDNEY, MILD CONCUSSION, CON TUSIONS ON HIS HEAD AND OTHER BODY PARTS AND A CRACK IN HIS #5 LUMBAR. THE LUMBA R CRACK COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE FUTURE BACK PROBLEMS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 596
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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