OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221357213

RELIABLE WHOLESALE LUMBER

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA· 2021-05-13T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Cut, Elbow, Equipment Operator, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Flatbed Trailer, Forehead, Fracture, Head, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laceration, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Lumber, Lumber Stack, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Work Surface
NAICS: 423310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345318570
Employer profile: RELIABLE WHOLESALE LUMBER
Summary number: 221357213
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee lacerates face, fractures arms in fall from trailer

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 p.m. on May 13, 2021, an employee working as a forklift operator for a forehead above his left eye and fractures to both elbows. At 2:00 a.m. on May 15, 2021, the employee was discharged from the hospital. wholesale lumber supplier was working in the lumber yard. The employee was securing a load onto a flatbed trailer which was hooked up to a company tractor. The employee attempted to climb from the flatbed to the top of a stacked lumber unit to secure a load and place stickers between the loads. As he climbed onto the first unit, the employee lost his balance and fell backwards approximately 4 feet onto the flatbed and then approximately another 4 feet onto the ground. The employee struck his head at the forehead and both arms at the elbows on the trailer and/or the ground. He was hospitalized to treat a laceration to his

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
889

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