OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887901
WORK RULES,BACK,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ABRASION,FALL,STRUCK BY,ELBOW,TRAILER,CONTUSION,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee injured in fall from elevator dock area
Investigation abstract
On April 26, 1989, Employee #1 was using an electric forklift to load a trailer next to it. As the yard man began pulling away from the dock, he heard a noise a t the rear of the trailer. Unbeknownst to him, Employee #1 was loading #545 and, when the trailer moved, the forklift fell to the ground. The employee also fell , sustaining bruises and abrasions to his back and right elbow. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated and released, returning to work the next day. No apparent violations of OSHA standards were found. In an effort to preven t a reoccurrence of the accident due to human error, the employer is purchasing and installing computer operated docklocks for use of the trailers. with pallets of frozen french fries. The employer receives frozen food in a rail road warehouse and, in turn, loads it for shipment via tractor trailer. There ar e nine dock doors used for trailers. The forklift operators are required to choc k a trailer, load it, and turn a release form in to the control office. A yard m an, who works solely outside moving and controlling trailer activity, then takes the form and moves the trailer to a parking apron for pickup. On the day of the accident, the yard man received a form for trailer #645. He proceeded to hook h is tractor to what he believed was the #645, but which was actually #545 parked
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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