OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221360100

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

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
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221360100
Report ID: 0523900

Event description

Employee fractures spine in fall from elevated cart to floor

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

Event type
5

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