OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542260
CHAIN,PERSONNEL CAGE,UNSECURED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL
Event description
PERSONNEL CAGE FELL FROM FORKLIFT; EMPLOYEE INSIDE KILLED
Investigation abstract
A PERSONNEL CAGE HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE LIFT OF A CLARK FORKLIFT (MODEL EC 500 ING CHANNEL. THE LIFTING CARRIAGE WAS THUS PREVENTED FROM DESCENDING WITH THE IN NERMOST CHANNEL. THIS CAUSED THE LIFTING CARRIAGE UPPER WHEELS TO RISE OVER THE TOP OF THE CHANNEL. THE LIFTING CARRIAGE FELL VIOLENTLY FORWARD, APPROXIMATELY 4 5 DEGREES, THROWING EMPLOYEE #1 FROM THE CAGE. THE DOOR SOMEHOW BECAME DISLODGED AND OPENED. NO OSHA VIOLATIONS WERE NOTED, BUT THE COMPANY INSTITUTED SEVERAL C HANGES. -5300, SERIAL #E235-23-4010FA). A 3/8 CHAIN WAS USED. ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE CHAI N WAS WRAPPED HORIZONTALLY AROUND THE FORK BETWEEN THE 2 LIFTING CARRIAGE MEMBER S. ON THE RIGHT , THE CHAIN WAS WRAPPED VERTICALLY AROUND THE LIFTING CARRIAGE U PPERMOST MEMBER. THE PERSONNEL CAGE WAS EQUIPPED WITH STANDARD GUARDRAILS, TOEBO ARDS, AND A HINGED DOOR IN THE FRONT. THE DOOR OPENED OUTWARDS. EMPLOYEE #1 ENTE RED THE CAGE AND WAS RAISED TO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN TO USE AN A IR HOSE TO BLOW DUST OFF A WALL. WHEN THE JOB WAS COMPLETED, THE FORKLIFT DRIVER STARTED TO LOWER THE CAGE. THE RIGHT CHAIN BECAME HUNG UP ON THE MIDDLE DESCEND
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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