OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521488
LOADING,LOAD SHIFT,CRUSHED,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling teller machine
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 12, 1987, Employee #1 and two coworkers we re moving a large, approximately 8 ft tall automatic teller machine (ATM) onto a n elevator. They tilted one end and put a roller under it, and then guided the m achine in an upright position into the elevator. The ATM became unbalanced and f ell on Employee #1. He was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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