OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #750992
FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SKULL,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee injured in fall with unsecured work platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on an unsecured work platform that had been elevated 10 to 14 feet above a concrete floor by a Nissan material handling forklift, model CPHO 2A25Y, type G, serial #257H. When Employee #1 stepped to the left end of th e platform, unbalancing the platform, he and the work platform fell to the concr ete floor. Employee #1 sustained injuries to his skull (cranial injuries) and br oken limbs. The accident was caused by an improper evaluation of the hazard.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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