OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690024
TWIN CITY TILE & MARBLE
BLOOMINGTON, MN·
Event description
FELL OFF FORKLIFT FORKS, RUN OVER BY FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 2, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RIDING ON THE FRONT F ORKS OF A FORKLIFT WHICH WAS TRAVELLING ON AN ASPHALT ROADWAY. THE FORKS WERE EL EVATED TO A HEIGHT OF TEN TO TWELVE INCHES. THE HARD TREADED FORKLIFT HIT A DIP IN THE ROADWAY WHICH WAS 1 1/2 INCHES DEEP AND A FOOT IN DIAMETER. THE JOLT KNOC KED EMPLOYEE #1 OFF THE FORKLIFT FORKS TO THE GROUND. THE FORKLIFT RAN OVER HIM, CAUSING A FRACTURED LEG, A DETACHED MUSCLE AND AN OPEN FLESH WOUND. HE WAS HOSP ITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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