OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456107
HIGH WIND,STRUCK BY,FACE,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING BOXES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN HELPING FELLOW EMPLOYEES UNLOAD BOXED KITCHEN CABINETS FROM CE. A RAILCAR ONTO A CONCRETE DOCK. THEY WERE THEN LOADED ONTO TRUCKS TO BE HAULED TO THE WAREHOUSE. WHEN ALL THE TRUCKS WERE LOADED THERE WERE STILL EIGHT TO TEN BOXED OAK BROOM CLOSETS, STANDING APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET HIGH AND WEIGHING 70 POUNDS EACH, LEFT STANDING ON THE DOCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMAIN AT THE DOCK TO GUARD THE CABINETS WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING THE TRUC KS AT THE WAREHOUSE. WHILE WAITING FOR THE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO RETURN EMPLOYEE #1 LAY DOWN ON THE DOCK, NEAR THE BOXES, FACE UP. HE CLOSED HIS EYES TO REST. PROB ABLY DUE TO THE WIND, TWO OF THE BOXES FELL OVER, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE FA
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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