Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823039

PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY

Event
HEAD, REPAIR, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, MECHANIC, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Planned
Activity number
#18851683
Employer profile
PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
Summary number
823039
Report ID
352440

Event description

Employee's head injured when struck by lift forks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a mechanic with 12 years of experience, was repairing a Komatsu for klift, model #FG205-3, serial #61133. As he released the bolt securing the secon d load chain, the elevated forks collapsed and struck him in the head. Employee #1 sustained a laceration to the head. The forks were not blocked. According to a witnesses, the employee was sick and in a rush so he could leave early.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    864
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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