OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570600
NABISCO BRANDS INC.
TOLEDO, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE FELL THROUGH A FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8 PM ON MAY 10, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, A BOLTER, WAS PERFORMING ROU ING ON A GEAR REDUCTION BOX AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED. TINE TASKS, SUCH AS CHECKING THE FLOUR MOVING EQUIPMENT, IN THE ATTIC LEVEL OF T HE PACKING BUILDING OF THE NABISCO BRANDS FLOUR MILL AT 2221 FRONT STREET, TOLED O, OHIO. HE STEPPED OR WALKED ON A 2 BY 4 FOOT FRAMED PLYWOOD COVER THAT HAD BEE N PLACED OVER A 54 INCH BY 58 INCH FLOOR OPENING. THE COVER HAD BEEN PUT IN PLAC E BY AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR MORE THAN A WEEK BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND HAD NOT BEEN SECURED IN PLACE. ONE CORNER OF THE COVER DROPPED INTO THE OPENING, CAUSING EMP LOYEE #1 TO FALL THROUGH. HE STRUCK A LANDING/FLOOR EDGE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET DOWN WITH HIS CHEST. HE THEN FELL ANOTHER 20 FEET TO THE 1ST FLOOR, LAND
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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