OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686550
CRUSHED,WORK PLATFORM,HAND
Event description
HAND CRUSHED BY MALFUNCTIONING WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM A WORK PLATFORM ON A CINCINNATI GILBERT HORIZONTAL HOLD OF THE SUPPORT POST, PLACING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE POST GUIDE AND THE CAP. HE THEN LEANED OUT FROM THE PLATFORM TO INSPECT HIS WORK. THE PLATFORM THEN FELL TO IT'S STABLE POSITION, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND BETWEEN THE CAP AND THE PO ST GUIDE. BORING MILL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ATTACHED TO THE PLATFORM WERE SUPPORT P OSTS. THESE POSTS ARE FITTED THROUGH POST GUIDES WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE. CAPS WERE PLACED ON THE ENDS OF THE POSTS. WHEN THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE IS RAISED, THE POST GUIDES COME IN CONTACT WITH THE CAPS AND RAISE THE P LATFORM. WHEN THE HEAD IS LOWERED, THE PLATFORM WILL LOWER. AT THE TIME OF THE A CCIDENT, AS THE HEAD WAS BEING RAISED, THE POST GUIDES BOUND UP ON THE POSTS ABO UT 10 FEET BELOW THE CAP, CAUSING THE PLATFORM TO RAISE. WHILE THE PLATFORM WAS IN THE RAISED POSITION, THE EMPLOYEE WALKED TO THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM AND TOOK
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 637
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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