OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512842
LINETEC-DIV OF WAUSAU METALS CORP
WAUSAU, WI·
Event description
CRUSHED BY FALLING CRATE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING CRATES FROM A FLAT BED TRAILER. A TOWMOTOR FORK TRU CK WAS DRAGGING A CRATE FROM THE TRAILER WITH THE FORKS UNDER THE BACK END OF TH E CRATE. THE TRAILER WAS 8 FEET WIDE AND THE CRATE WAS 4 FEET WIDE, 12 FEET LONG AND WEIGHED 2500 POUNDS. THE CRATE WAS UNSTABLE. THE CRATE STARTED TO FALL AND EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS ON THE TRAILER TO STEADY THE CRATE, JUMPED OR FELL TO THE F LOOR TO AVOID THE CRATE. THE CRATE FELL AGAINST 2 WOODEN STAKES, BROKE THEM, AND SLID TO THE FLOOR, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 UNDER THE CRATE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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