OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195846
MCCARTHY CONSTRUCTION CO INC
TOWSON, MD—
Event description
FORKLIFT ROLLOVER- DRIVER UNINJURED
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 1, 1985, Employee #1 was operating a forkli ft truck. He was unloading 40 to 50 logs from the forklift onto a flat bed truck . Each log was 4 inches in diameter and 16 feet long. While unloading the lumber , the frame of the forklift broke at a weld, causing the forklift truck to roll over on its side. Employee #1 was not injured. There were no other employees in the area at the time the event occurred.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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