OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485197
CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,GLASS PACK,FALLING OBJECT,STORAGE AREA,UNSTABLE POSITION
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
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#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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