OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491096
HEAD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,SECURITY GUARD,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
STRUCK BY ROLL OF NEWSPRINT PAPER APPROX. 750 LBS
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 24,1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:20 AM AN EMPLOYEE OF GARDEN STATE PAPER C T AID RESPONDED BUT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL TO HOSPITAL. O. NOTICED A LEAK IN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM OVER SOME ROLLS OF FINISHED PRODUCTS. EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS TOLD TO REMOVE THE ROLLS FROM THAT AREA . THE EMPLOYEE, A CLAMP LIFT TRUCK DRIVER, USING A DATSUN CLAMP LIFT TRUCK #0219 49, LIFTED 4 ROLLS OF PAPERCREATING AN UNSTABLE LOAD.HE BACKED OUT OF THE STORAG E AREA INTO THE AISLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE ON THE LIFT TRUCK CAUSING THE TWO TO P ROLLERS TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1,A SECURITY GUARD,WAS MAKING HIS FIRE WATCH ROUNDS AT THIS TIME WAS STRUCK BY ONE OF THE ROLLS, PARTIALLY SEVERING HIS LEFT LEG AN D CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOORING. POLICE AND FIRS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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