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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491930

FRACTURE,CRATE,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Event
FRACTURE,CRATE,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14491930
Report ID
214500

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

  1. #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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