OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #980540

RAMP,PINNED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ABRASION,CONTUSION,PUNCTURE

1989-11-30T00:00:00

Event: RAMP,PINNED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ABRASION,CONTUSION,PUNCTURE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 980540
Report ID: 551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN FORKLIFT RAN OFF RAMP

Investigation abstract

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on November 30, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a 500 0-pound-capacity forklift at a warehouse. As Employee #1 was descending a gravel and dirt ramp from the warehouse area dock he lost control of vehicle and went over the edge of the ramp. The forklift tipped over pinning his left leg. Employ ee #1 suffered severe bruises, abrasions and a puncture and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
16

Event type
8

Source
27

Occupation code
856

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.