OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542815
F M C F MARBLE & GRANITE, INC.
LILBURN, GA·
Event description
STRUCK BY SHIFTING GRANITE SLABS WHILE UNLOADING TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1986 AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING GRANITE SLABS FROM A CARGO TRAILER. THE SLABS WERE STANDING ON EDGE IN AN "A" FRAME DEVI CE. BEFORE WORK WAS BEGUN, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CAUTIONED EMPLOYEE #1 NOT TO GO BEHI ND THE SLABS. AFTER UNLOADING ONE SIDE OF THE "A" FRAME, A WOODEN BRACE NEEDED T O BE REMOVED TO ALLOW THE UNLOADING OF THE OTHER SIDE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS SIGHTED BEHIND THE SLABS. HIS COWORKER SAID TO HIM " I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO BEHIND THE SLA BS". EMPLOYEE #1 NEVERTHELESS THEN KICKED THE WOOD BRACE WHILE STILL BEHIND THE SLABS. THE SLABS SHIFTED, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE TRAILER WALL AND A SLA B. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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