OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520670

CHEST,LOADING,HEAD,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1987-02-10T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,LOADING,HEAD,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14520670
Report ID: 524530

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING BUNDLE OF TRUSSES

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A SUPERVISOR, WAS ASSISTING TWO OTHER MEN, ONE AN EMPLOYEE, ONE A S CRAP DEALER, IN TURNING A BUNDLE OF TRUSSES OVER SO THAT THEY WOULD BE FACING TH E PROPER DIRECTION. AS THEY LIFTED THE TRUSSES AT AN ANGLE, USING ONLY ONE FORK OF THE LIFT TRUCK, THE BUNDLE SLIPPED OFF THE TINE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, THEN LANDED ON HIS CHEST. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD 9 1/2 HOURS LAT ER.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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