OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519177

BOISE CASCADE CORP

OAKDALE, LA· 1985-10-02T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, IND TRK OPERATOR, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NECK, STRUCK BY, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100261825
Employer profile: BOISE CASCADE CORP
Summary number: 14519177
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling wood veneer strips

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a forklift driver in a plywood plant, was carrying an approximately 2 1/12 ft high load of veneer strips on the forks of his forklift. In preparati on for setting down the load in a storage area, he dismounted and set two approx imately 3 ft long 4 by 4s on the concrete slab. An adjacent stack of veneer stri ps that was six tiers high (11 ft 6 in.) fell over, crushing Employee #1's neck and head against the load on the forks. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
7

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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