OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #904037
INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,SCAFFOLD
Event description
FORKLIFT CONTAINING SCAFFOLD TIPPED OVER INJURING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
A Lull Highlander highlift forklift, Model 844, had three sections of 37-inch sc affold attached to the forks. The lift tipped over while backing down a ten degr ee right to left grade. The scaffold held Employee #1. He was working on a work platform on the scaffold six feet above the fork level. His height above the gro und was approximately thirty feet. The apparatus landed on the left (driver's) s ide and Employee #1. Injuries sustained to Employee #1 included a punctured aort a and broken ankles and foot bones.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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