OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224471
AVTEX FIBERS, INC.
FRONT ROYAL, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK ON HEAD BY FALLING BALE OF WOOD PULP
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 23, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT TRUCK. HE HAD 5 BALES OF WOOD PULP ON THE TRUCK, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THEM FURTHER UP ON THE FO RKLIFT. HE PUSHED THE LOAD AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF ROWS 4 AND 5, CAUSING 8 BALES T O FALL FROM THE TOP OF ROW 4. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LEANING OUT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE T RUCK AND WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FALLING BALES. HE DIED LATER THE SAME DAY FROM A SKULL FRACTURE AND CEREBRAL TRAUMA.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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