OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14427504
WEICKER MOVING & STORAGE
DENVER, CO·
Event description
CRUSHED BY FALLING SAFE
Investigation abstract
ON FEBRUARY 12, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A 5,000 POUND SAFE ACROSS THE PLATFORM OF A 4,000 POUND HYDRAULIC LIFT. THE LIFT F AILED, CRASHING TO THE FLOOR. THE SAFE FELL OVER AND PINNED EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE SAFE AND A TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE'S CHEST WAS CRUSHED. THE HYDRAULIC TRUCK LIFT INVOLVED WAS MANUFACTURED BY MAXON INDUSTRIES IN CALIFORNIA.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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