OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887943
PPE,PINNED,WORK RULES,SLIP,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,TOE,RUN OVER,SAFETY SHOE,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee's toe injured when run over by forklift
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:00 midnight on March 16, 1989, Employee #1 reported to work and went to the forklift that he operates, although a coworker was using it at t he time. The employee tried to board the operator's platform and had placed his right foot on the platform when his left foot slipped off the side of the forkli ft and became pinned under the wheel. He injured his middle toe and his supervis or called for help. He was admitted to the hospital, where he underwent two oper ations on his toe. Employee #1 was wearing tennis shoes at the time of the accid ent.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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