OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499305
DUMPSTER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CUTTING AND BURNING,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by garbage dumpster
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on December 28, 1988, Employee #1 was salvaging metal from an 11 ft long by 8 ft wide by 5 ft high by 1/8 in. thick garbage dumpster. Employee #1 had used a cutting torch to separate one side and a 4 ft by 10 ft p ortion of the top of the dumpster. Employee #1 and a coworker had removed the "p acker" from the dumpster to free that cut portion. For some reason, Employee #1 positioned himself alongside the cut portion of the dumpster. The side fell onto Employee #1, striking his upper body. He died from internal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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