OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498919
ROSIEK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
BEAUMONT, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY WOODEN "WHALER"
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A FLATBED TRUCK BEING USED TO CA RRY TWO WOODEN "WHALERS." ONE WHALER WAS 2 BY 8 INCHES AND 13 FEET, 8 INCHES LON G. THE OTHER WAS 2 BY 6 INCHES AND 12 FEET LONG. THE TRUCK BED WAS ONLY 9 1/2 FE ET LONG. THE TRUCK DRIVER INADVERTENTLY BACKED THE TRUCK INTO A PNEUMATIC ROLLER . ONE OF THE WHALERS STRUCK AGAINST THE ROLLER AND WAS FORCED THROUGH THE BACK W INDOW OF THE TRUCK. THE WOODEN WHALER STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND NECK, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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