OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221464134
BAE SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO SHIP REPAIR INC.
SAN DIEGO, CA·
Event description
Employee fractures ankle when forklift rolls over foot
Investigation abstract
At 11:15 a.m. on December 2, 2021, an employee was working as a rigger assigned employee with the driver's side rear tire. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left ankle. to assist with the weight test of a ship's slew arm davit in the carpenter shop of a ship repair company. The employee attached the shackles to complete the configuration of the 10,000-pound weight-block to be used. The forklift operator drove forward with a pallet on the forks and had a conversation with another coworker. After the conversation, the forklift operator backed up towards the weight block. The operator did not see that the employee was standing between the left side of forklift and the weight block. When the operator turned to go forward, the rear end of the forklift swung toward the block, striking the
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 856
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