OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437841
THE REISTERSTOWN LUMBER COMPANY
HIGHLAND, MD·
Event description
Employee fractures foot when forklift tips over
Investigation abstract
At 10:15 a.m. on February 7, 2022, an employee was operating a Loadmac 825 Forklift, loaded with lumber, on blacktop asphalt driveway with a 15-degree incline. The employee was operating the forklift using the multi-directional steer option, when the building lumber material slipped from the forks of the forklift. The forklift lost traction and slid off the driveway onto the grass hill, tipping the forklift. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured right foot.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 69 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 7056
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