OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557953
ANDERSON VALLEY VINEYARDS
ALBUQUERQUE, NM·
Event description
EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY FALLING WINE BARRELS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE FILLING 55 GALLON WINE BARRELS WHEN THE 17 FOOT HIGH WI NE RACK ON WHICH THE BARRELS SAT SUDDENLY SHIFTED. SEVERAL FILLED BARRELS FELL F ROM THE RACK, STRIKING AND FATALLY CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1. THE EMPLOYEE #2 WAS TRE ATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND LATER RELEASED FROM A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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