OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542245
PEACH STATE MACHINERY, INC.
DORAVILLE, GA—
Event description
PINNED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND CATERPILLAR ROPS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A SHOP FOREMAN OF A COMPANY THAT SELLS AND SERVICES EARTHMOVING K PRACTICES WERE DISCUSSED. EQUIPMENT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A FORKLIFT. A ROPS CANOPY WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR ABOUT 10 INCHES IN BACK OF A CATERPILLAR 941 B. THE ROPS WAS CONNECTE D TO THE HOOK OF A HOIST. THE FORKLIFT DRIVER DROVE THE FORKLIFT UP FLUSH TO THE ROPS IN PREPARATION OF LIFTING THE ROPS. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED BETWEEN THE ROPS A ND THE 941 B IN ORDER TO UNHOOK THE ROPS FROM THE HOIST. THE FORKLIFT WAS SHIFTE D INTO NEUTRAL, BUT IT JUMPED FORWARD A LITTLE. THE ROPS CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1 IN T HE FOREHEAD AND PINNED HIM TO THE 941 B. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A FRACTURED SKULL. NO VIOLATIONS OF OSHA STANDARDS WERE NOTED WHICH PERTAINED TO THE ACCIDENT. WOR
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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