OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821892
U. S. BUILDERS OF L. A. INC.
LAUREL, MD·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from lift truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on five sheets of 1/2 in. thick by 4 ft by 8 ft plywood that had been stacked on the lifting forks of a Pettibone lift truck. The lift truck was moving toward the building to place the plywood on a fireplace chimney . The lift truck began to lean to the left as if to turn over and Employee #1 de cided to jump off. He fell 10 ft, striking the fuel tank and landing on the dirt ground. Employee #1was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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