Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14542245 - PINNED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND CATERPILLAR ROPS

Accident Summary Nr: 14542245 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 06/20/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2173870	06/20/1985	5082	0	Peach State Machinery, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A SHOP FOREMAN OF A COMPANY THAT SELLS AND SERVICES EARTHMOVING 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 CONNECTED 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 AND THE 941 B IN ORDER TO UNHOOK THE ROPS FROM THE HOIST. THE FORKLIFT WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, BUT IT JUMPED FORWARD A LITTLE. THE ROPS CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE 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. WORK PRACTICES WERE DISCUSSED.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FOREHEAD, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SKULL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2173870			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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