OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295513
SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,SPRAIN,ANKLE,CART,LEG,UNSTABLE LOAD
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
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#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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