OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295216
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
DANVILLE, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM LINER TUB LIFTED BY FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM ON NOVEMBER 15, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A LINER TUB A ND WAS LIFTED 12 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR BY A FORKLIFT SO THAT HE COULD TURN OFF A HAND VALVE TO A STEAM LINE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TOOK A STEP FORWARD IN THE TUB, TH E TUB TILTED DOWNWARD. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL OUT OF THE TUB TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS DECLARED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL FROM MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. HE ALS O SUFFERED TWO BROKEN HANDS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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