Inspection Detail

Inspection: 316347350 - Central Transport

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Investigation Summary

On June 5, 2013, at approximately 9:10 p.m., Employee #1, a truck driver for Central Transport, was operating a Hyster forklift (model: E50Z-33; serial no: G108N02736C) to load a trailer. The trailer operator pulled the trailer away causing Employee #1 to fall approximately 5 feet with the forklift landing on top of him. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 had arrived back at the yard from his last pick up at approximately 8:10 p.m. At this time, Employee #2 had started using the yard goat to hook the trailers on the dock to pull them out in order to close the doors. Employee #2 then backed the trailers up to the dock. This is a process that is done nightly. Employee #1, the Dock Lead, was operating a forklift to unload a trailer at bay door 61. At approximately 8:25 p.m., Employee #1 approached Employee #3 and asked what pallet he should scan in order to begin dock pay. Employee #3 directed him to scan a pallet in the trailer at bay door 45. Employee #1 drove to the trailer at bay door 45 and scanned a pallet from the inside. Employee #1 then drove back to Employee #3. After a minute, Employee #1 drove back to bay door 45 to scan the pallet again. Employee #2 had already hooked the trailer with the yard goat. Employee #1 had not noticed the goat, stopped his forklift halfway into the trailer. Employee #2 pulled the trailer forward causing Employee #1 and the forklift to fall, pinning Employee #1 under the mast of the forklift. Employee #2 heard a loud noise and stopped the yard goat. He noticed a forklift had fallen onto Employee #1. Employee #2 yelled to Employee #3 to bring another forklift to lift the fallen forklift off Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained a severe crushing injury to his left foot. Employee #1 was hospitalized for 11 days including surgery.

Keywords: DOCK, PINNED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FOOT