OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540116
PLATFORM,HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM ON NOVEMBER 16, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM A PL ATFORM WHICH HAD BEEN LIFTED BY A FORKLIFT. AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HANDING UP P LYWOOD, EMPLOYEE #1 MOVED TO ONE SIDE OF THE PLATFORM. THE PLATFORM, WHICH WAS N OT SECURED TO THE FORKLIFT'S FORKS, FELL OVER SIDEWAYS. THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE FLOOR AND WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY THE PLATFORM WHICH FELL AFER HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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