OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550602
BOARD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling dockboard
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were using a dockboard set on the platens of a forklif t to push shut a rail car door so it could be secured. The dockboard was above t he locking lever and Employee #1 was under the dockboard when it fell or flipped onto him. He was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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