OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14371512
CRUSHED,MECH MAT HANDLING,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING PLATE GLASS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING EMPLOYEE #2 IN UNLOADING A FLAT BED TRUCK LOADED WITH LL ON EMPLOYEE #1. SHE DIED INSTANTLY. THE PROPER PROCEDURE WOULD HABE BEEN TO R EMOVE SOME PLATES FROM EACH SIDE UNTIL THEY WERE ALL UNLOADED. THIS WAS NOT DONE DUE TO THE SMALLNESS OF THE STORAGE AREA. THE TRUCK HAD TO BE MOVED AND REPOSIT IONED TO UNLOAD THE OTHER SIDE. 40,000 POUNDS OF VERY LARGE GLASS PLATES. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 POUNDS OF PLATE G LASS WERE SECURED TO EACH SIDE OF AN "A" FRAME STRUCTURE BY FOUR SEPARATE NYLON STRAPS, ALL LOCATED ON THE FLAT BED. EMPLOYEE #1 RELEASED THE FOUR STRAPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE "A" FRAME AND THE 20,000 LBS. OF PLATE GLASS WAS REMOVED WITH AN OVERHEAD HOIST. REMOVING THE LOAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE CAUSED THE PLATE GLASS O N THE LEFT SIDE TO BECOME MORE VERTICAL AND NO LONGER LAYING ON AN ANGLE. WHEN E MPLOYEE #1 REMOVED 2 OF THE 4 STRAPS ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE GLASS PLATES FELL FOR WARD. THIS BROKE THE OTHER 2 STRAPS, ALLOWING 20,000 POUNDS OF PLATE GLASS TO FA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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