OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379119

CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,LUMBER,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1986-02-08T00:00:00

Event: CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,LUMBER,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14379119
Report ID: 524500

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling bundle of lumber

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a truck driver, was standing on one side of a trailer from which bu ndles of lumber were being off-loaded by a forklift. The forklift operator was u nloading on the opposite side when a bundle of lumber fell from the truck, crush ing and killing Employee #1. Apparently, either the fork driver pushed the bundl e of lumber or the load shifted as the weight balance changed and tipped the tra iler enough for the bundle to slip off.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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