A series of tip-over and off-the-dock impact tests were performed with stand-up forklifts to investigate the potential for injury to the operator of a forklift in these types of accidents, when the forklift is equipped with an operator’s compartment door. One Crown Equipment Company 35RRTT Model and one 35RCTT Model stand-up forklifts were used in the impact tests. The only modification to the forklifts for the tests was the placement of a door on the entrance to the operator’s compartment. A Hybrid III anthropomorphic test device (ATD) was placed in the operator’s compartment as a human surrogate. During each test, head accelerations, chest accelerations, neck loads, and lumbar loads were measured on the ATD. The motion of the forklift and the ATD were filmed with real-time video and high-speed cameras. Results from the impact tests indicate that there is a high risk of head injury in a right-side tip-over accident and a high risk of head injury and neck injury in a left-side tip-over accident. There is a high risk of a head injury, neck injury, and thoracic injury in off-the-dock forks-trailing accidents. In an off-the-dock forks-leading accident, there is a high risk of arm/shoulder injury, head injury, and neck injury. In both tip-over and off-the-dock forks-trailing accidents, there is a high probability of an entrapment injury under the overhead guard on the forklift.
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June 2016
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Analysis of Stand-Up Forklift Operator Injuries in Off-the-Dock and Tip-Over Incidents With a Latched Door on the Operator Access Opening
William R. “Mike” Scott
William R. “Mike” Scott
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John F. Wiechel
William R. “Mike” Scott
Manuscript received February 18, 2015; final manuscript received August 7, 2015; published online January 4, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Chimba Mkandawire.
ASME J. Risk Uncertainty Part B. Jun 2016, 2(2): 021005 (9 pages)
Published Online: January 4, 2016
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Received:
February 18, 2015
Revision Received:
August 7, 2015
Accepted:
August 10, 2015
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Wiechel, J. F., and Scott, W. R. “. (January 4, 2016). "Analysis of Stand-Up Forklift Operator Injuries in Off-the-Dock and Tip-Over Incidents With a Latched Door on the Operator Access Opening." ASME. ASME J. Risk Uncertainty Part B. June 2016; 2(2): 021005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031275
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