OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224562
VIRGINIA GLASS PRODUCTS CORPORATION
MARTINSVILLE, VA·
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING BOX LID AND GLASS SHEETS
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 13, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 AND A ANOTHER WORKER WERE REMOVING THE LID FRO M A CASE OF GLASS. THEY HAD LOOSENED THE LID AND WERE WALKING TO THE SIDES OF TH E BOX TO LIFT OFF THE LID. SUDDENLY, THE LID AND SIX SHEETS OF GLASS FELL FROM T HE CASE, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS NOT INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 8
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 795
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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