OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821058
WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,UNTRAINED,ANKLE
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY CARPET LIFT TRUCK WHEN IT JUMPED IN GEAR
Investigation abstract
AT 10:45 AM ON JANUARY 1, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MARKING CARPETING BEFORE UNLOADI AS A CLARKLIFT #241, MODEL #6500-50, TYPE LP, SERIAL #355-0486-5615 FA, 5000 POU ND CAPACITY WITH AN 11 FOOT CARPET POLE. NG A TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STANDING ABOUT 2 FEET FROM THE TRAILER, WAS S TRUCK IN THE BACK BY THE INDUSTRIAL TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS UNATTENDED BUT HAD APPA RENTLY JUMPED INTO GEAR BY ITSELF. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KNOCKED INTO THE TRAILER AND HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND DOCK. THE TRUCK COUNTERWEIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE EMPLOYEE'S ANKLE. HE SUFFERED CRUSHED BONES,ARTERIES, MUSCLES, ETC., AND REQUIRED EXTENSIVE HOSPITALIZATION AND SURGERY INCLUDING MUSCLE, ARTER Y AND SKIN TRANSPLANTS. THE CAUSAL FACTORS WERE A LACK OF TRAINING, LACK OF A SA FETY PROGRAM AND MISJUDGEMENT OF A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED W
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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