OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522353

HEAD,SHOULDER,CRATE,PINNED,CRUSHED

1989-12-05T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,SHOULDER,CRATE,PINNED,CRUSHED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14522353
Report ID: 522300

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN PINNED AND CRUSHED BY CRATE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was helping unload a truck containing theatrical stage boxes and cra tes. As a crate on casters that was three feet wide by 12 feet long by 8 ft high and weighing 1000 pounds was being moved down an unloading ramp, one of the rea r casters missed the ramp. The crate tipped over, falling on Employee #1, pinnin g him to the ground, and crushing his head and shoulder. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
7

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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