OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14458517
INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,ANKLE,FOOT,INATTENTION
Event description
FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MAST AND CARRIAGE OF FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
AN ALLIS CHALMERS FORK LIFT WAS BEING USED TO LIFT A PALLET OF OVERSTOCKED ITEMS TO THE SEVEN FOOT LEVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 RODE THE PALLET UP AND BEGAN PLACING THE O VERSTOCK ITEMS ON THE SHELF. THE FORK TRUCK OPERATOR HAD TILTED THE FORKS AND CA RRIAGE FORWARD TO ASSIST EMPLOYEE #1 IN UNLOADING THE PALLET. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 F INISHED UNLOADING THE PALLET, HE STEPPED FROM THE PALLET TO THE MAST. THE OPERAT OR THEN BROUGHT THE CARRIAGE BACK TO THE VERTICAL POSITION IN ITS CRADLE. EMPLOY EE #1'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MAST AND THE CARRIAGE. THE EMPLOYER HAD NO P OLICY PROHIBITING RIDING THE FORKS OF THE FORK TRUCK.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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