OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515779
FRACTURE,FRONT END LOADER,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,INEXPERIENCE,PELVIS,UNTRAINED,HIP
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BETWEEN FRONT END LOADER & FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
A FRONT END LOADER WAS BEING USED TO PULL A FORKLIFT OUT OF SOME MUD. EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS RELEASING A CHAIN. HE TOLD THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR TO DRIVE FORWARD. THE FOR KLIFT OPERATOR WAS INEXPERIENCED AND UNTRAINED, AND THE NIGHT WAS DARK. HE MISTA KENLY PUT THE FORKLIFT IN REVERSE GEAR. UPON BACKING UP, HE CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1 B ETWEEN THE TWO MACHINES, FRACTURING HIS HIP AND PELVIS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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