OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527527
BLAW-KNOX CORPORATION - BLAW-KNOW GRATING DIVISION
JACKSON, MS·
Event description
BUNDLE OF STEEL GRATING FELL AGAINST WORKER; HE SUFFOCATED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STACKING STEEL GRATING IN BUNDLES OF 10 PANELS EACH. THE BUNDLES WERE STACKED SO THAT A SPACE OF ABOUT 4 FEET BY FOUR FEET BY 20 INCHES SEPARATE D THEM. THE GRATING WAS NOT CUT TO THE PROPER LENGTH OR PROPERLY SPACED TO STABI LIZE EACH 6 BUNDLE STACK. EMPLOYEE #1 VIOLATED COMPANY RULES BY GETTING BETWEEN THE STACKS WHILE LOWERING BUNDLES. ONE OF THE STACKS FELL SIDEWAYS, PINNING HIM TO THE STACK BEHIND HIM. THE HEAVY WEIGHT CONSTRICTED HIS CHEST, CAUSING HIM TO SUFFOCATE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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