OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #963595
FRACTURE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,INEXPERIENCE,PALLET,ARM,OVERTURN
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN LIFT TRUCK OVERTURNS
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a powered clamp truck operator trainee, had spent his first day in speed, the truck tipped over and pinned his leg. His leg was not damaged, but h e somehow broke both his arms. The seat belt was not in use, and the accident oc curred outside the training area. an isolated designated section of a distribution warehouse, which was clean, qui et, and well lit. His task was to practice lifting, moving, and placing empty pa llets to get accustomed to the controls. The warehouse supervisor checked severa l times and found conditions satisfactory although after the accident other empl oyees reported having observed Employee #1 going too fast, with clamp elevated, or outside the training area. The next morning he elected to practice placing an d removing pallets from some piled cartons about 6 ft high. While making a sweep ing left turn with the empty pallet elevated, at an apparently excessive rate of
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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