OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469423
BUSY BEAVER BUILDING CENTER
VERONA, PA—
Event description
BURIED BY FALLING LUMBER.
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED ON TOP OF A LOAD OF LUMBER WHICH HAD TO BE LEVELED FOR BAND ING. HE CUT THE BANDINGS ON A STACK OF LUMBER WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BANDED. WHEN HE CUT THE BANDING THE LOAD WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE STARTED TO FALL. AS HE WAS FALLING HE GRABBED FOR SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO (OTHER 2X10'S) AND IN DOI NG SO HE PULLED THEM DOWN ON HIMSELF. HE WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND WITH APPROXIMAT ELY 15 TO 20 2X10'S OF VARIOUS LENGTHS ON TOP OF HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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