OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #676346

FRACTURE,PINNED,ROPS,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ARM,OVERTURN

1989-06-19T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,PINNED,ROPS,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ARM,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 676346
Report ID: 1054113

Event description

Employee's arm fractured when pinned by overturned forklift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a forklift operator, was moving an empty forklift when it overturne d and pinned his left arm between the roll cage and the ground. Employee #1's ar m was fractured just above the elbow.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 15 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
22

Event type
14

Source
30

Occupation code
453

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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