US Mechanical Contractors, LLC.

Incident Narrative

On January 25, 2017, at around 9:30 a.m., employee 1 was operating a Skyjack Telehandler forklift with a telescopic boom and outriggers on the front. Employee 2 attached a nylon choker midway down a steel pipe that was 40 feet long and 10.75 inches in diameter. Employee 2 then attached the other end of the checker to a hook located under the boom of the forklift just behind the forks. Employee 1 lifted the steel pipe and carried it to an area where there were existing above ground steel supports. The designated area was muddy and wet. Employee 1 put the outriggers down and extended the boom approximately 40 feet and placed the steel pipe down onto the steel supports. Employee 2 was removing one end of the checker from the hook on the bottom of the forklift boom that was about 10 inches above the steel pipe, when the telescopic boom came down on top of the employee's right hand that was on top of the steel pipe resulting in fractures and lacerations to his fingers.