OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224158
GRAVELY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA—
Event description
CAUGHT BETWEEN LIFTS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO JUMP START A MATERIALS HANDLING LIFT, USING ANOTHER LIFT AS A POWER SOURCE. HE DISMOUNTED THE JUMPER LIFT, LEAVING IT IN GEAR AND T HE ENGINE IDLING. HE CLIMBED BETWEEN THE REAR WHEELS OF THE TWO LIFTS TO CONNECT THE JUMPER CABLES. FINDING THAT THE CABLES WOULD NOT REACH BETWEEN THE TWO BATT ERIES, HE STARTED BACK TO THE OPERATORS STATION TO BACK THE LIFT SOME MORE. AS H E CLIMBED BACK BETWEEN THE WHEELS, THE ENGINE SURGED. THE LIFT ROLLED BACKWARDS, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE FRONT OF THE REAR WHEEL OF THE LIFT HE WAS GOIN G TO JUMP START AND THE REAR OF THE OPERATOR'S STATION OF THE LIFT HE WAS GOING TO USE AS A POWER SOURCE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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