OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400626
AUSTIN COMMERCIAL
FARMERS BRANCH, TX·
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING STEEL DOORS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS SUPERVISOR WERE SEARCHING A STACK OF HOLLOW STEEL DOORS WHIC H WERE LEANING AGAINST A WALL. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING 3 DOORS UPRIGHT WHEN THE DOORS BECAME UNBALANCED AND FELL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FALLING DO ORS AND DOORS STACKED ON THE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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