OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14468631
WARREN CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC.
WARREN, PA·
Event description
HEAD CRUSHED BETWEEN PIECE OF CONCRETE AND STEEL ROD
Investigation abstract
A FORKLIFT TRUCK WAS BEING USED TO TURN LARGE SEPTIC TANK COVERS, MADE OF FRESHL Y FORMED CONCRETE, ONTO THEIR SIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE FOR KLIFT AS IT TURNED ONE COVER ONTO ITS SIDE. HE HAD A STEEL ROD WITH WHICH TO POK E OUT A BOTTOM-FORM PALLET AS THE COVER WAS TURNED. THE "GREEN" CONCRETE GAVE WA Y AS SOON AS THE COVER WAS PLACED ON ITS SIDE. A LARGE CHUNK STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ACROSS THE FACE, PINNING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE STEEL BAR. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED SKULL AND A SEVERELY DAMAGED (TORN AWAY) LOWER JAW. HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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