OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14504922

STORM,METAL BAR,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT

1987-09-14T00:00:00

Event: STORM,METAL BAR,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14504922
Report ID: 728500

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY HEAVY METAL OBJECT

Investigation abstract

On September 14, 1987, an employee was about to tie down a load of 3 ft by 10 ft metal frames on a tractor trailer when a sudden and violent storm began. The em ployee was crouched down; attempting to cross under the trailer to get to the dr iver side, when two or more of the metal frames became dislodged from the wind a nd struck the employee at the base of his skull. The Weather Bureau reported win ds at 86 mph and it rained extremely hard for 20 minutes.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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