OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470827

HEAD,HEART ATTACK,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,JAMMED,LOCKOUT,FALL

1987-10-05T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,HEART ATTACK,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,JAMMED,LOCKOUT,FALL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14470827
Report ID: 521700

Event description

Employee killed in fall when head strikes against palletizer

Investigation abstract

Between 10:00 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. on September 5, 1987, Employee #1 was clearing a jam in the elevator pit of a Columbia palletizer machine. He fell, struck his head against the machine, and was killed. The fall may have resulted from a hea rt attack or the inadvertent movement of machine parts.

Victims (3)

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0
#982 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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