OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14534887
BROKEN GLASS,WORK RULES,GLASS PACK,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,UNTRAINED,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
Employee killed, others injured when struck by window glass
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #4, carpenters, were moving a crate of window glass from a d to hold onto the glass, was pulled from the truck and sustained a knee injury as well as cuts from the glass. Employees #3 and #4 were struck by glass shards and suffered cuts. The employees had not been trained to recognize the hazards o f the material handling task they were performing. warehouse to a construction site, where they were to off-load the glass. The cra te of glass was secured at a 90 degree angle to the bed of the truck. Employees #1 and #4 were on the ground and Employees #2 and #3 were on the truck. When the employees pulled the first sheet of glass from the crate, a vacuum was created and pulled the other sheets of glass, which were unstable due to the vertical an gle at which they were standing, were pulled from the truck. Employees #1 throug h #4 tried to stop the glass from falling. Employee #1, who was struck by the fu ll force of the load, suffered massive and fatal injuries. Employee #2, who trie
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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