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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519953

FRACTURE,HEAD,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
FRACTURE,HEAD,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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. #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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