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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542815

CRUSHED,TRUCK,BRACE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION,UNSTABLE LOAD

Event
CRUSHED,TRUCK,BRACE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14542815
Report ID
418100

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

  1. #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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