OSHA Injury Report: 7218_18410

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was on truck bed 4ft high loading crane mats onto the truck with assistance of an excavator and fellow worker. the truck was facing east while excavator was on the south side facing north. four way wire rope sling was used to lift [REDACTED]

What happened

EE along with a coworker and an operator were loading crane mats onto the truck. While placing one of the mats down one end was slightly misplaced. in order to adjust the misplaced end the hooks was removed from the far end and while holding to taglin

Injury or illness

Employee was diagnosed with a sprained ankle partial achilles tendon tear contusion of right elbow

Object or substance involved

Employee was standing on the wrong side of the load between the equipment and the load being manipulated by the excavator as the mat was being loaded onto the bed of the truck.

Summary line

Employee was loading crane mats into truck w assistance of excavator

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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