104,543Records 70,659Employers 84,666Hospitalizations 27,563Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-09-30
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14532972

SWITCHBOARD,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
SWITCHBOARD,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14532972
Report ID
215300

Event description

SWITCHBOARD FELL ON EMPLOYEES

Investigation abstract

ON JANUARY 23, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE HOLDING A SWITCHBOARD IN PLACE WHILE IT WAS BEING LIFTED BY A FORKLIFT. THE SWITCHBOARD WAS BEING LIFTED SO THAT THE BOTTOM WOOD PACKING MATERIAL COULD BE REMOVED. SUDD ENLY, THE SWITCHBOARD FELL OVER ONTO THEM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH WHIL E EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.