OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491930
FRACTURE,CRATE,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CRATE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working inside a truck trailer unloading a crate of plate glass. Employee #1 was moving a crate by hand to get it into position were it could be moved by forklift. When the crate was starting to be moved by a lift truck, it started to fall off the forks of the lift. Employee #1 tried to catch the crate but was struck and killed by it.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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