OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519953

ALLIED CORP.

BATON ROUGE,, LA· 1986-10-30T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, HEAD, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101599033
Employer profile: ALLIED CORP.
Summary number: 14519953
Report ID: 625700

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING BUNDLE OF BOXES

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A SHIPPING WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT TO PICK UP 2 OR 3 LARGE BOXE S STORED THERE. THE BOXES WERE STORED IN BUNDLES, EACH ABOUT 42 INCHES HIGH, 60 INCHES WIDE AND 50 INCHES DEEP, WEIGHING ABOUT 1600 POUNDS. THE EMPLOYEE DISMOUN TED HIS FORKLIFT TRUCK AND WAS STRUCK BY A BUNDLE WHICH FELL, WITHOUT WARNING, F ROM A NEARBY STACK. (THE BUNDLES HAD BEEN STACKED 3 HIGH, UP TO A HEIGHT OF ABOU T 12 FEET.) THE EMPLOYEE HAD ON A HARD HAT, BUT IT OFFERED LITTLE PROTECTION FRO M SUCH A HEAVY WEIGHT. THE EMPLOYEE DIED FROM A SEVERE SKULL FRACTURE. THERE WER E NO WITNESSES.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 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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