OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460661
ALLSTATE COMPONENTS CORPORATION
WESTMINSTER, MD—
Event description
Employee injured in 7 foot fall from forklift
Investigation abstract
On June 21, 1984, Employee #1 and a coworker were working in a lumberyard. Emplo ffered a fractured skull, bruised brain, broken wrist, and several small abrasio ns. Neither employee had received any formal training concerning powered industr ial trucks, only on-the-job training from other employees when they were initial ly hired. yee #1 saw a broken strapping band on a bundle of 10 ft 2 by 4 lumber that was s tacked 12 ft from the ground, out of his reach. He asked his coworker, who was o perating a Clark diesel forklift, model #C-500-YS60-type D, serial #Y355-0351-54 66, to lift him up to the bundle of lumber. The coworker agreed and arranged a b undle of 38 10 ft long 2 by 4 boards as a platform for Employee #1 to stand on. The coworker then raised Employee #1 to the bundle and he replaced the strapping band in place. The coworker began lowering Employee #1 slowly, but 7 ft from th e ground Employee #1 fell and landed head first on the hard-packed ground. He su
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 56
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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