OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499305

ARONSON STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.

WAUPUN, WI· 1988-12-28T00:00:00

Event: DUMPSTER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CUTTING AND BURNING, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #103145546
Employer profile: ARONSON STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.
Summary number: 14499305
Report ID: 523300

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

#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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