OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565576
HEAD,PARALYSIS,SPINE,CONSTRUCTION,LUMBER,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING PIECE OF LUMBER
Investigation abstract
A POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK (GRADALL MODEL 534B8) WAS BEING USED TO PLACE MATERIA 4 WHICH WAS LEANING AGAINST THE WALL. HE SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE TO HIS NECK AND SPINE AND IS NOW PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO IMP ROPER METHODS OF MATERIALS HANDLING. L ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THE INDUSTRIAL TRUCK COULD ONLY GET THE CAR GO TO WITHIN EIGHT FEET OF THE EDGE OF THE SECOND FLOOR BECAUSE SOME OTHER CONST RUCTION MATERIALS HAD BEEN STORED NEXT TO THE STRUCTURE. THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN LAYING PIECES OF 2 BY 6 LUMBER BETWEEN THE TRUCK FORKS AND THE EDGE OF THE SECON D FLOOR, THEN DRAGGING THE LOAD BACK ACROSS THE BOARDS TO THE SECOND FLOOR. EMPL OYEE #1 WAS LOCATED UNDER THE 2 BY 6 PIECES WHEN, BECAUSE OF THE UNLOADING ACTIV ITY, ONE OF THE 2 BY 6 PIECES (20 FEET LONG), FELL FROM IT'S POSITION AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD. THE BLOW KNOCKED HIM BACKWARDS, BENDING HIM OVER A 2 X
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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