OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14480610
UNSECURED,WAREHOUSE,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE HURT WHEN PERSONNEL CAGE FELL FROM FORK LIFT
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 6 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, AN EMPLOYEE OF A PRIVATE ACCOUNTING FIRM, WAS BE P, THE TOP OF THE CAGE STRUCK AN 8 INCH WATER PIPE. THE FORCE OF THE COLLISION K NOCKED THE CAGE OFF THE FORKLIFT TINES AND KNOCKED EMPLOYEE #1 OUT OF THE CAGE. A SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CAGE HAD NOT BEEN SECURED TO THE FO RKLIFT MAST. ING CARRIED AROUND A WAREHOUSE IN A PERSONNEL CAGE BEING LIFTED BY A HIGH RISE I NDUSTRIAL FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY BEING AUDI TED. AT ABOUT 3 PM, EMPLOYEE #1, STANDING IN THE CAGE, INSTRUCTED THE OPERATOR T O MOVE THE FORKLIFT TO ANOTHER AREA OF THE WAREHOUSE. THE CAGE WAS 16 FEET ABOVE THE CEMENT FLOOR AT THE TIME. THE DRIVER HAD BACKED THE FORKLIFT ABOUT 20 FEET WHEN HE HEARD A SCREAM. HE LOOKED BACK AT THE CAGE AND SAW IT FALLING OFF THE FO RKLIFT TINES WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FALLING OUT OF THE CAGE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSP ITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. SHE STATED THAT WHILE THE FORKLIFT WAS BACKING U
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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