OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #744599
DELIVERY WORK,LOADING,HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,JACK,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY JACK HANDLE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 (A LOCAL DELIVERY DRIVER) AND HIS WAREHOUSE MANAGER WERE LOADING A M SCIOUS. THIS OCCURRED AT ABOUT 9 AM. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS AND G ENERAL EXAMINATION. HE WAS RELEASED THAT AFTERNOON WITH NO KNOWN SPECIFIC INJURY EXCEPT A BUMP ON THE HEAD AND PAIN IN HIS NECK AND ONE ARM. ANUALLY OPERATED PALLET JACK INTO A TRUCK LOADED WITH CARTONS OF COMPUTER PAPER. THE TRUCK WAS FULLY LOADED EXCEPT FOR A SPACE ON ONE SIDE (2 CARTONS HIGH) WHIC H WOULD ADMIT THE JACK WITH ITS FORKS POINTED FORWARD. THE JACK HAD BEEN MOVED B Y ELECTRIC FORK TRUCK INTO POSITION AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THE FORKS WERE ELE VATED TO SLIDE THE JACK ONTO THE CARTONS. THE DRIVER WAS ON ONE SIDE AND THE WAR EHOUSE MANAGER ON THE OTHER. AFTER THE PALLET JACK WAS LOADED, THE DRIVER LOST H IS BALANCE (OR FOR SOME OTHER REASON) AND PULLED THE PALLET JACK HANDLE (KEPT VE RTICAL BY A SPRING) DOWN ON HIS HEAD. THE BLOW FROM THE HANDLE KNOCKED HIM UNCON
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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