OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998658
INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STORAGE RACK,LOST CONTROL
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN STORAGE RACK & FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45 AM ON MAY 18, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT. IN THE MIDST OF MAKING A LEFT TURN HE REALIZED HE COULD NOT AVOID STRIKING A STO RAGE RACK SO HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM THE LIFT. UNFORTUNATELY, HE JUMPED TOWARD THE SIDE THE RACK WAS LOCATED AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FORKLIFT AND THE STORA GE RACK. HE WAS INJURED AND ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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