OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296214
ACME PAPER & SUPPLY COMPANY INCORPORATED
SAVAGE, MD·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by falling object
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing next to a storage bin. Two coworkers were using a high picker to remove items from a bin that was approximately 12 ft above floor level . A 40 lb box fell from the pallet and struck Employee #1 on the head. He was no t provided with or wearing protective head equipment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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