OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346589
BOYCE MOBILE HOME SERVICE, INC.
LAND O'LAKES, FL·
Event description
HOUSE TRAILER FELL ON EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING AXLES AND WHEELS FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF A USED HOUSE TRA ILER. THE TRAILER WAS BEING SET UP ON THE COMPANY SALES LOT. THE TRAILER HAD BEE N PLACED ON CONCRETE BLOCKS, BUT NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH APPLICABLE FLORIDA STAT E LAW. (THE BLOCKS WERE NOT STACKED WITH THE OPEN CELLS IN THE VERTICAL POSITION .) AS A RESULT, THE BLOCKS AT THE LEFT REAR OF THE TRAILER COLLAPSED, DROPPING T HE TRAILER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION UNDER THE LEFT SIDE O F THE TRAILER. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND WAS ASPHYXIATED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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