OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14418354
COLLAPSE,STORAGE RACK,CONCUSSION,MOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO MOLDS AFTER STORAGE RACKS COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a set-up operator at Sherwood Medical Company. Set-up operators ussion. initiate the run of an injection mold. They are required to go to the mold racks and remove molds and take them to the molding department. Employee #1 was instr ucted to look for a mold inside storage racks on the bottom bay in the warehouse . The second bay collapsed causing the molds to fall and strike the employee. Ap parently, on the deck two molds were sitting on a pallet, which was leaning on t he rails of the racks. The front and back rails had a pronounced bow. This bow a llowed the pallet and molds to fall through. Employee #1 developed an acute bact erial meningitis and basilar skull fracture. He later died as a result of a conc
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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