OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379119
THE WAGGONERS TRUCKING
BILLINGS, IL·
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
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#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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