OSHA Injury Report: Chattanooga Paper - B358

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Driving a Forklift

What happened

While sitting with a load in the clamping mechanism as the coworker tended to the set a hydraulic hose blew apart from the crimped fitting at the end of the hose in the mast section of the forklift. As the hose came apart it sprayed hot hydraulic oil into the operator area of the forklift spraying the employees face and side of the head neck and upper torso resulting in burn to the skin of the area contacted by the hot fluid.

Injury or illness

Burn to the head neck and upper torso

Object or substance involved

Hydraulic Fluid

Summary line

While sitting with a load in the clamping mechanism as the coworker tended to the set a hydraulic hose blew apart from the crimped fitting at the end of the hose in the mast section of the forklift. As the hose came apart it sprayed hot hydraulic oil

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.