OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221439615

CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

ANAHEIM, CA· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Broken, Broken Bone, Catch Point, Crushed, Engineering Technician, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Hand, Industrial Truck, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Mast, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Nerve damage, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Repair, Replace, Replacing, Service Technician, Servicing, Technician, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Wrist
NAICS: 333924
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345540215
Employer profile: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Summary number: 221439615
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee repairing forklift crushes hand under falling mast

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a field service hand. The unsecured forklift channel and fork carriage came down on the employee's left hand crushing it against the cylinder. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken bones from the wrist up with nerve damage to his left hand. technician was working for a forklift servicing company. The employee was servicing a Crown 30RC Forklift (Serial Number H-15010-2) at a client's site. The employee was dispatched to the site alone to replace a cylinder cap and seal. The employee raised the forklift mast and used wooden blocks to block and hold the 2nd stage mast channel. The employee did not block the fork carriage nor the 3rd stage mast channel. The employee also failed to use C-Clamps to hold the channels. The chains were in the way of the cap, so the employee was holding the chains with his left hand while loosening the chain anchor with his right

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
215

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