Injuries from forklift trucks

D'Arcy, Carl; Lovell, M.E.; Metcalfe, Judy

doi:10.1016/0020-1383(95)90019-t

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“…Table 1 and Table 2 were composed based on the findings of the literature study [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ], information available through Belgian and Dutch national accident databases, the analysis of documents and data available at the Belgian plant regarding pallet movers, and the results of the fieldwork (observations and interviews).…”

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Improving Pallet Mover Safety in the Manufacturing Industry: A Bow-Tie Analysis of Accident Scenarios

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A Belgian manufacturing company uses pallet movers for internal transport. Despite the company’s efforts to improve occupational safety, accidents with pallet movers remain noteworthy. In order to control occupational accidents, it is crucial to have a clear view of the potential accident scenarios that are present in a company. The bow-tie method is a way to capture and visualize these accident processes in an integrative way. Included in the bow-tie are safety barriers (both technical as organizational and human) and management delivery systems that can intervene in these accident processes. Once bow-ties are composed, they are an excellent point of departure to assign indicators to the safety barriers and management delivery systems in order to control (i.e., prevent or mitigate) accident scenarios. Two types of indicators can be distinguished. Firstly, there are general indicators that are assigned to management delivery systems interrupting multiple accident scenarios, which can yield a higher safety gain (as they intervene in multiple accident scenarios). Secondly, there are scenario-specific indicators targeting one specific accident scenario, which can be valuable as they target a specific problem in the company. For the development of the bow-ties, a multi-method design with the inclusion of different data sources was used, leading to a comprehensive overview. This makes the bow-tie analysis of internal transport with pallet movers transferable to other settings where pallet movers are used for internal transport.

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Improving Pallet Mover Safety in the Manufacturing Industry: A Bow-Tie Analysis of Accident Scenarios

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“…These numbers leave no doubt that forklift trucks represent significant risk factors in terms of occupational accidents and that these accidents result in severe injuries in over half of cases according to occupational accident statistics. However, few studies have been published in the literature to date on forklift truck-associated injuries 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 . Evaluations dating from 1978 to 1992 showed that run-over and impact traumata or falling from forklift trucks account for injuries that are severe in some cases 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 .…”

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“…A study from Singapore published data on the injury sequela of forklift truck accidents in 2015, but was limited to foot and high ankle injuries 2 . Other studies covering injuries to the entire trunk and extremities are either historical in nature, describe only small patient collectives or refer to the medical specialty of occupational medicine 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . To date in German-speaking areas, these injuries have only been mentioned in one study as a potential cause of run-over injuries 7 .…”

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Injuries after Forklift Trucks Accidents – Injury Patterns, Therapy and Outcome in the Context of the Statutory Accident Insurance

Ull¹,

Ehlers²,

Yılmaz³

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Z Orthop Unfall

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Introduction The use of forklift trucks during work has a high accident potential. The aim of this study is to describe injury patterns, treatment and outcome after forklift truck accidents in the context of the employersʼ liability insurance association. Methods Retrospective data collection of all cases between 2004 and 2019. Excluded were patients < 18 years, without follow-up or with definitive external treatment. Trauma mechanism, injury patterns and distribution, treatment, complications, time of incapacity for work, return to work and impairment of earning capacity were recorded. Results Of 109 patients with 110 injuries, 52.7% showed isolated injuries and 47.3% combined injuries, which affected the lower extremity in 95 cases. There were fractures in 85.5%, including 32.7% in open form. The mean length of stay was 29.1 days (range 1 – 129); an indication for surgery was seen in 80.9%. Surgical treatment required an average of 3 interventions, with significantly more operations for soft tissue closure than for the fractures (p ≤ 0.023). Amputations were necessary in 8 cases; complications occurred in 29.1%. Return to work was possible in 90%, after a mean period of incapacity for work of 33.6 weeks. A total of 40% showed a pensionable impairment of earning capacity. Conclusion Accidents with forklift trucks result in complex lower extremities injuries with the need of multi-stage treatment and show relatively high complication rates. A return to work is often possible after a long period of convalescence, and a pensionable impairment of earning capacity often persists.

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“…Despite being a relatively common entity, we were surprised to find only 3 articles on forklift-related injuries in orthopaedic journals published in the 1990s with no recent literature reporting on these injuries. 1,3,13 Hence, we aimed to review and describe the incidence and patterns of injuries with the sequelae and morbidity associated with these injuries.…”

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“…An increasingly common mechanism of injury is forklift-related crush injuries of the foot and ankle, leading to significant morbidity and sometimes mortality. 1,2,3,5,6,11,13 Our institution is situated near a shipping port and an industrial center where the utilization of forklifts is extensive. Over the years, we have noticed a large volume of these injuries presenting to our hospital for treatment.…”

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