OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14312029
GERARD BUILDERS, INC.
MOORESTOWN, NJ·
Event description
Employee's skull crushed by falling lumber
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to reach an 8 ft by 4 ft sheet of 3/4 in. thick plywo od located behind several sheets of 1/2 in. thick particle board that were stand ing on end. Employee #1 misjudged the weight of the sheets and they knocked him over. First his head struck against the corner of a lawn mower that was directly behind him, and then several sheets of lumber fell on him. Employee #1's skull was crushed and he was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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