OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464093
TRADE NAMES DIVISION LASALLE DEITCH CO INC
ELKHART, IN—
Event description
Employee injured in fall off lift forks
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on December 4, 1984, Employee #1 had just changed the bulb on an 8 ft long fluorescent light, and was attempting to plug in the unit. He was standing in a 36 in. deep wooden box that was on the elevated forks of a lift. He reached out about 5 1/2 feet from the box to plug in the bulb, leaning against the side of the box. The box tipped over, and Employee #1 and the box f ell about 10 1/2 ft to the floor. He suffered severe facial fractures, for which he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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