OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #704783
R & G CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
WHEATON, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEES FELL FROM A PLATFORM LIFTED BY A FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
AT 3:15 PM ON MARCH 19, 1987, EMPLOYEES #1 AND 2 WERE RAISED TO A HEIGHT OF 17 F EET, 2 INCHES, ON A PLATFORM RESTING UPON THE FORKS OF A LIFT. THE PLATFORM WAS 7 FEET LONG, 4 FEET WIDE AND 1/4 INCH THICK. THE EMPLOYEES WERE FINISHING THE CE MENT SURFACE ON A BALCONY. THE BALCONY WAS 7 FEET, 9 INCHES WIDE BY 8 INCHES THI CK. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BRIEFLY STEPPED ONTO THE BALCONY, RETURNED TO THE PLATF ORM AT THE SAME END AS EMPLOYEE #2. THIS CAUSED THE PLATFORM TO FALL FROM THE FO RKS. BOTH EMPLOYEES FELL ONTO A SHED ROOF AND ONTO SOME HEAT PUMPS. THE PLATFORM WAS NOT SECURED TO THE LIFT FORKS. THE FORK LIFT WAS A JOB HANDLER, MODEL LR-52 3 SERIAL NUMBER 5A-173. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 68 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 67 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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