OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384416
PINNED,CAUGHT BY,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING,FALLING OBJECT,FOOT
Event description
Employee killed when pinned by falling bale of plastic
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing 940 lb bales of shredded plastic from a semi-trailer. O ne bale had been removed with a fork truck. When he went into the trailer, presu mably to pull a bale from a stack of three, he apparently placed boards on the t railer floor to keep the bale elevated so that the forks could slide under it af ter having pulled it down. One bale fell and appears to have caught his foot whi le a second bale fell and struck him, pinning him on his back. Employee #1 was k illed. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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