OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690412
BEAM,FRACTURE,STRUCK AGAINST,COLLISION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,NECK,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee breaks neck in forklift collision with beam
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was driving an unloaded Hyster E30XL powered industrial truck. Appar ently, he was about to turn a corner when he hit an I-beam with the carriage. Em ployee #1 was tossed around in the forklift. When the forklift came to rest abou t 8 ft away from the I-beam, Employee #1 slowly slid out of the seat and fell to the floor. He suffered a broken neck and whiplash and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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