OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672089
WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
LAFAYETTE, IN·
Event description
HEAVY STEEL PLATFORM FELL ON EMPLOYEE, CRUSHING HIM
Investigation abstract
AT 9:50 PM ON OCTOBER 9, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING A HEAVY STEEL PLATFORM U SING A HYSTER 13,000 CAPACITY FORKLIFT TRUCK, SERIAL #1683. THE PLATFORM WAS CHA INED TO THE FORKLIFT USING A FAULTY CHAIN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATOP THE PLATFORM, US ING A GAS CUTTING TORCH TO CUT THE RODS WHICH WERE SUPPORTING THE PLATFORM. WHEN THE LAST ROD WAS CUT THE CHAIN BROKE, ALLOWING THE PLATFORM TO SLIDE OFF OF THE FORKS. THE PLATFORM FLIPPED COMPLETELY OVER AND FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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