OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406135

CONTINENTAL PACIFIC TEXTILES

CARLSBAD, CA· 2021-08-21T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Concrete Surface, Concussion, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forehead, Forklift, Forks, Head, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lighting Fixture, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Owner, PIV, Pallet, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Unsecured, Warehouse
NAICS: 313310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345606453
Employer profile: CONTINENTAL PACIFIC TEXTILES
Summary number: 221406135
Report ID: 0950632

Event description

Employee falls from PIV elevated pallet, sustains concussion

Investigation abstract

At 2:07 p.m. on August 21, 2021, an employee who is the owner of a textile mill was working in the small warehouse. The employee requested that a coworker operating a Komatsu forklift lift him approximately 10 to 12 feet in order to access an overhead lighting system. The employee was attempting to adjust the position of one of the hanging lighting fixtures. The employee was standing on a wooden pallet resting on the forks of the forklift. After adjusting the lighting fixture, the coworker was lowering the platform when it shifted. The pallet fell along with the employee about 8 feet to the warehouse floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat head trauma to his forehead.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 66 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
364

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