OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394067

PORCELAIN SOURCE LLC

ROSELAND, NJ· 2021-09-20T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Asphyxiated, Chest, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Material Handling, Struck By, Supervision, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 327110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345542773
Employer profile: PORCELAIN SOURCE LLC
Summary number: 221394067
Report ID: 0214200

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by falling porcelain slabs

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on September 20, 2021, an employee was retrieving an order which required moving material staged in a yard. The employee was handling 140 pound porcelain stoneware slabs that were stored on wooden A-Frame transporting racks. The porcelain slabs became unstable and slid off the rack and onto the employee. The employee was crushed and killed by the weight of the slabs, which was estimated to be over 1,000 pounds.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
859

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