OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221431208
NATIONAL DOOR AND TRIM, INC.
VAN WERT, OH·
Event description
Employee fractures leg when doors fall off cart
Investigation abstract
At 6:45 a.m. on January 3, 2022, an employee was loading thirteen poplar doors employee was taken to the hospital by emergency services and admitted for treatment of a fractured right tibia and fibula. onto a conveyor belt for staining. The employee had the doors on a cart equipped with a rope that could restrain the doors when moving the cart. The rope was untied as the employee was trying to lift the doors off the cart and onto the conveyor belt. The employee was struggling to get the doors onto the belt when a coworker, working at a different station nearby, saw the employee struggling and went over to help her. The coworker pushed the cart about a foot closer to the employee but the unsecured poplar doors fell onto the employee's leg. The event was reported to the supervisor and emergency services were contacted. The
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 F
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 779
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