OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569164
RIVIERA MOTORS INC
HILLSBORO, OR—
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1, A MAINTENANCE MAN RACTURED. THE THIRD EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE INTERCOM PHONE TO CALL FOR HELP WHILE T HE FORKLIFT OPERATOR ATTEMPTED FIRST AID. THE PLATFORM WAS NOT GUARDED TO PREVEN T THE EMPLOYEE FROM FALLING, NOR WAS IT SECURED TO THE FORKLIFT. SAFETY BELTS WE RE NOT IN USE. FOR THE WAREHOUSE, AND A FORKLIFT OPERATOR WERE PREPARING TO REATTACH SOME INSU LATION TO THE WAREHOUSE CEILING IN AISLE #507. EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED ON TOP OF HIS SHOP CONSTRUCTED PLATFORM (43 INCHES BY 85 INCHES BY 61 1/8 INCHES). THE FORKLI FT OPERATOR RAISED THE PLATFORM WITH A CLARK FORKLIFT TO AN APPROXIMATE HEIGHT O F 20 FEET. A THIRD EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING PARTS FOR AN ORDER WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE AND LOOKED UP. HE SAW EMPLOYEE #1 STARTING TO FALL FROM THE UNGUARDED PLATFORM. HE HOLLERED TO THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FALLING. EMPLOYEE #1 TUMBLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND HIT THE CEMENT FLOOR, HEAD FIRST. HIS SKULL WAS F
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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