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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379705

HEART,CLEARANCE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,WOOD PANEL,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION

Event
HEART,CLEARANCE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,WOOD PANEL,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14379705
Report ID
522000

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling pegboard sheets

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were moving display fixtures and pegboard sheets with a hand pallet truck. As they passed through a doorway, some of the pegboard she ets struck the doors and approximately 7 or 8 sheets fell and landed on Employee #1. He died of a lacerated heart.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 17 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    7
    Occupation code
    883
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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