OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402218
FOSFORO INC.
BROWNSVILLE, TX·
Event description
One killed, two injured in accident loading trailer
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3 were loading five 7,834.2-lb stainless steel coils into a trailer. Employee #2 was using an Allis Chalmers forklift to load the coils in to the trailer, and Employees #1 and #3 would then center and block them. The fi rst coil had been placed and blocked, and Employee #2 had just set down the seco nd coil when the trailer started to overturn toward the right, causing the steel coils to strike the two employees. Employee #1's lower body was crushed, killin g him; Employee #3 sustained an injury to his right hip. Employee #2 rolled over in the forklift, injuring his head and neck.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 69 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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