OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809939

FRACTURE,IND TRK OPERATOR,WALL,COLLAPSE,RAMP,ROPS,CAUGHT BETWEEN,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,WRIST

1988-01-16T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,IND TRK OPERATOR,WALL,COLLAPSE,RAMP,ROPS,CAUGHT BETWEEN,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,WRIST
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 809939
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee injured as forklift falls through collapsed floor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was the operator of a forklift equipped with a personnel cage. While a coworker was being raised in the cage to replace a damaged sprinkler head, th e ramp flooring gave way and the forklift fell approximately 4 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained a fractured wrist when it was caught between the forklift 's overhead guard and the adjacent warehouse wall. The coworker sustained minor bruises during the fall.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
24

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
518

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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