OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456271
ECONOMY BUILDERS SUPPLY
SANDY, UT—
Event description
CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN FORKLIFTS, FRACTURING LEG
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE A FORKLIFT, CHATTING WITH THE OPERATOR. THE F ORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BACKING UP, PEERING OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDE R. EMPLOYEE #1 GOT HIS ANKLES CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS OWN PARKED FORKLIFT AND THE MOU NTING STEP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FORKLIFT WHICH WAS IN MOTION. EMPLOYEE #1 SU STAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT LEG.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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