OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #704221
AMPUTATED,FINGER,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PALLET,INATTENTION,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
FINGER CRUSHED BETWEEN WOODEN PALLET AND FORKLIFT BAR
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 PM ON JUNE 12, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING AN ELECTRI C POWERED RIDE-ON PALLET JACK, LOADING 11 PALLETS INTO A TRUCK TRAILER. AS HE EN TERED THE TRAILER, FORKS FACING FORWARD, ONE OR MORE OF THE PALLETS HE WAS CARRY ING STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER WALL. THIS CAUSED THE LOAD OF PALLETS TO SHIF T ON THE FORKS. ONE PALLET STRUCK AND CRUSHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND , WHICH HAD BEEN POSITIONED ON THE CONTROL BAR NEAR THE OPERATOR'S POSITION. THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS AMPUTATED, RESULTING IN HOSPITALIZATION FOR 2 DAYS. EMPLO YEE #1 IS A TRUCK DRIVER, ASSIGNED TO A & P'S WAREHOUSE. ALONG WITH OTHER DRIVER S, HIS JOB IS TO UNLOAD EMPTY WOODEN PALLETS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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