OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389299

BRADKEN, INC.

ATCHISON, KS· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Forklift, Foundry, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Steel, Struck By, Welder, Welding, Work Surface
NAICS: 331513
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345519029
Employer profile: BRADKEN, INC.
Summary number: 221389299
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee welding lacerates leg when struck by forklift

Investigation abstract

At 4:50 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a welder for a steel foundry was welding at his usual work station in the welding department. The employee was working on a casting with his welding hood closed. As the employee was working, a forklift backed into his right leg. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration with soft tissue damage, requiring surgical repair.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
783

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