OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259436
HEAD,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING BALE OF COTTON
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING WITH A FORK LIFT OPERATOR, MOVING COTTON BALES IN WAREHO USE "C" AT H.& W. WAREHOUSE INC, LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. THEY WERE PULLING COTTON B ALES FROM A STACK ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 19, 1985. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTACHED A GA RRETT PULLING ADAPTER TO A BALE SO THE FORKLIFT COULD PULL IT FROM THE STACK. HE FAILED TO MOVE FAR ENOUGH FROM THE STACK TO AVOID A FALLING BALE. A BALE ON TOP OF THE STACK SHIFTED AS A RESULT OF THE FORKLIFT PULLING THE OTHER BALE AND IT FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD. THE BALE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 500 POUND S. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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