OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423628

HEAD,WORK RULES,CLEANING,OVERHEAD GUARD,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TOWER

1987-05-22T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WORK RULES,CLEANING,OVERHEAD GUARD,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TOWER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14423628
Report ID: 729300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling piece of caked soap

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on May 22, 1987, Employee #1 was cleaning laundry soa p powder from the sides of a seven-story high, spray-dry tower. She was using a long-handled scraper, reaching in from an opening at the second floor level. The opening was equipped with an overhead guard that swung into place to protect em ployees from falling material. Apparently Employee #1 was not under the guard be cause a large chunk of caked powder, weighing between 100 and 200 lb, fell off t he side of the tower and struck her on the head. She was killed instantly.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 F

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
14

Occupation code
999

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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