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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485197

CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,GLASS PACK,FALLING OBJECT,STORAGE AREA,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,GLASS PACK,FALLING OBJECT,STORAGE AREA,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14485197
Report ID
213600

Event description

Employee killed when pinned between glass packs

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was retrieving scrap wood from the top of stored cases of glass, eac h of which weighed 4,000 lb. Four unsecured cases tipped over, pinning him again st other cases of glass. The cases pressed against his chest and he died of asph yxia.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    7
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

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