OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221360100

WEATHER SHIELD MFG., INC.

MEDFORD, WI· 2021-05-21T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cart, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Lack of Work Procedures, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Platform, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Raised platform, Spine, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 321911
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345344030
Employer profile: WEATHER SHIELD MFG., INC.
Summary number: 221360100
Report ID: 0523900

Event description

Employee fractures spine in fall from elevated cart to floor

Investigation abstract

At 10:25 a.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance worker for a medical services and admitted to treat multiple spinal compression fractures. wood window and door manufacturer was moving stored pedestal fans from an overhead mezzanine. The employee was in the process of moving the fans to an adjacent elevated cart placed on the forks of a Linde model brand E20 forklift platform. After placing two fans on one side of the cart, the employee stepped onto the center of the cart in an attempt to place the third fan on the cart's opposite end. After placing the third fan, the cart became unstable and tipped off the forks. The employee fell approximately 11.5 feet and landed on the concrete floor. The employee was transported to a local hospital by emergency

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

Event type
5

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