OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998435
EAST CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
COTTAGE GROVE, MN·
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)
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#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
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#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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