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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295513

SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,SPRAIN,ANKLE,CART,LEG,UNSTABLE LOAD

Event
SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,SPRAIN,ANKLE,CART,LEG,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14295513
Report ID
352440

Event description

STRUCK BY FALLING DRYWALL SHEETS

Investigation abstract

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING 16 SHEETS OF 4 FOOT BY 10 FOOT BY HALF INCH DRYWALL, L ECK AND SHOULDER. HE MAY HAVE SUSTAINED A SLIGHT CONCUSSION WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE FLOOR. ONE OR BOTH OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS EXERTING ENOUGH FORCE ON THE STACK TO TIP IT OVER AND OFF THE CART. OADED ON A STANDARD FOUR-CASTERED DRYWALL CART. THEY WERE MAKING A TURN IN A 7 F OOT WIDE HALLWAY, THROUGH A 3 FOOT WIDE DOOR, SET BACK THREE FEET FROM THE HALL WALL. DURING THE MANEUVER, EMPLOYEE #1 WHO WAS LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE CART, DECIDED TO MOVE TO THE FRONT TO ASSIST THE OTHER EMPLOYEE. HE DECIDED TO MOVE AR OUND THE "OPEN" SIDE OF THE CART, RATHER THAN THE SIDE THE SHEETS WERE LEANING A GAINST. HOWEVER, AS HE WALKED PAST THE CART, THE STACK OF SHEETS, LYING ON EDGE, TIPPED OVER TOWARDS THE OPEN SIDE OF THE CART AND STRUCK HIM. HIS LEGS WERE PIN NED TO THE FLOOR AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE SPRAINED. HE ALSO STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS N

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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