OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505648
HYDRAULIC SPECIALTIES, INC.
JOPLIN, MO·
Event description
Employee killed testing lift bucket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 got into the bucket of a lift truck after his lunch break to check t he lift mechanism and controls. The main cylinder had just been overhauled. Empl oyee #1 had experience operating this type of lift truck, but not with checking it after maintenance/overhaul. Not knowing that the controls should be operated in reverse to fill the back side of the cylinder and prevent it from falling, Em ployee #1 lifted up to extend the boom. When the boom was extended more than 90 degrees, the bucket free-fell 30 ft with Employee #1 inside. He died of multiple internal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE (HWY) (29)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/WRITN WRK PRAC PROG. (18)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.