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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970871

FRACTURE,SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LACERATION,ABRASION,DISLOCATED,FALL

Event
FRACTURE,SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LACERATION,ABRASION,DISLOCATED,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
970871
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall with wooden box from forklift

Investigation abstract

On December 30, 1988, while removing tools from a two-sided wooden box on a fork lift, Employee #1 stepped on the outside corner causing the unattached two-sided box to tip. The box and Employee #1 fell about 30 to 35 feet. Employee #1 broke his back, dislocated his left shoulder, and sustained cuts and abrasions to the right side of his head.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

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