OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14253314
FRACTURE,HEAD,SKULL,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY TRUCK
Investigation abstract
At 2:30 p.m. on August 21, 1989, at 2.30 p.m. Employee #1 was sweeping the floor beside a row of tobacco which is stored in sheets three flats high approximatel y 14 ft, when three sheets each weighing approximately 200 lbs slid off the top flat hitting her and knocking her backwards causing her head to hit the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered a large fracture of the occipital skull and was pro nounced dead on arrival at Wilson Memorial Hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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