OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170065460

LUNG,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INEXPERIENCE,STRUCK BY,ARTERY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1990-04-02T00:00:00

Event: LUNG,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INEXPERIENCE,STRUCK BY,ARTERY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 170065460
Report ID: 950411

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by falling particle boards

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker, who was the acting supervisor, were stacking sheets of particle board in a vertical position against the end frame of a pallet rack, Employee #1 and the coworker were holding up the wood sheets when the load beca me unbalanced and began to fall. Employee #1 was unable to escape and was struck by the falling sheets of particle board. He suffered fatal injuries to his aort a and lungs. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 had been a driver and ware house worker for two days.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
28

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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