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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #885335

FRACTURE,BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,RIB,OFF LOADING

Event
FRACTURE,BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,RIB,OFF LOADING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
885335
Report ID
1050210

Event description

Employee's ribs fractured when crushed by forklift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had not set the hand brake in a forklift before getting out to unloa d wood. The forklift rolled backward, crushing Employee #1 between the forklift and a flatbed truck. Several of his ribs were fractured.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    878
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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