OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14514095
AMPUTATED,TOTE BOX,STRUCK BY,ARM,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
TOTE BOX FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S ARM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS GOING TO PULL SAND FROM A TOTE BOX, WHICH IS PART OF HIS CLASSIF ICATION. HE STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE BOX WITH HIS FIST. THINKING THAT THE BOX WAS EMPTY, HE STARTED TO WALK PAST IT. THE BOX BRUSHED HIS SHOULDER, KNOCKING HIM DO WN AND PINNING HIS RIGHT ARM TO THE GROUND. HIS ARM WAS AMPUTATED 3 INCHES BELOW THE ELBOW. THE ARM WAS LATER SURGICALLY REATTACHED. THE TOTE BOX WEIGHED 2640 P OUNDS AND MEASURED 54 INCHES BY 54 INCHES X 56 1/2 INCHES HIGH. IT SAT ON A META L TABLE 34 1/2 INCHES HIGH. THE TOTE BOX SITS BESIDE SOME TRAIN TRACKS AT AN OUT SIDE LOCATION. THE SAND IN THE TOTE BOX IS USED ON THE TRACKS FOR TRACTION.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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