OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14277149
ACS INDUSTRIES INC
WOONSOCKET, RI—
Event description
AMPUTATION OF TOES WHEN RIDING MATERIAL HOIST.
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A FLOOR BOY, AFTER LOADING HAND TRUCKS ON A VERTICAL RECIPROCATING CONVEYOR PLATFORM, BOARDED THE LOAD CARRYING ELEMENT (PLATFORM) OF THE VERTICAL CONVEYOR EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A "NO RIDERS" SIGN POSTED ON THE GATE. WHILE RIDIN G THE PLATFORM BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR, HIS FOOT, WHICH PROTRUDED OVE R THE PLATFORM EDGE, WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOVING PLATFORM AND A STEEL "HIP" TH AT PROTRUDES FROM THE THIRD FLOOR LANDING. THE TOES ON HIS RIGHT FOOT WERE DAMAG ED. THE BIG TOE WAS AMPUTATED AND THE NEXT TWO PARTIALLY AMPUTATED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IMMEDIATELY HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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