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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998435

COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ABRASION,FALL,ARM,CONTUSION,SCAFFOLD

Event
COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ABRASION,FALL,ARM,CONTUSION,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
998435
Report ID
552700

Event description

FORKLIFT STRUCK SCAFFOLD; 2 EMPLOYEES INJURED

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 1:08 PM ON JUNE 5, 1987, A LULL HIGH LIFT FORKLIFT HAD JUST FIN IONS ON THE ARMS, ELBOW AND BODY. ISHED PLACING A A MUD BOX ON THE 19 1/2 FOOT LEVEL OF THE SCAFFOLD. 3 BRICK LAYE RS WERE PUTTING UP A BRICK WALL AT THAT LEVEL. THE FORK LIFT OPERATOR BEGAN RETR ACTING THE BOOM AND BACKING UP WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL ROLLED OVER A MOUND ABOUT A FOOT HIGH. THE LIFT TIPPED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE MAST TO CATCH THE OUTSIDE SECTIONS OF THE SCAFFOLD WHERE THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING . THE OUTER SECTION OF THE SCAFFOLD WAS PULLED OVER ALONG WITH THE TWO EMPLOYEES . THE FORKLIFT DRIVER JUMPED AWAY AND WAS NOT INJURED. BOTH BRICKLAYERS WERE TRA NSPORTED BY PARAMEDICS TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY SUFFERED MULTIPLE BRUISES AND ABRAS

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    563
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    563
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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