OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221438807

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

RED BLUFF, CA· 2022-02-15T00:00:00

Event: Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Pelvis, Stacked, Struck By, Unstable Position, Window
NAICS: 321911
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345791669
Employer profile: SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES
Summary number: 221438807
Report ID: 0950623

Event description

Employee fractures femur and pelvis when struck by falling w

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on February 15, 2022, two coworkers pulled two 60 in. by 120 in. window units, each weighing 330 pounds, off the production line. The coworkers stacked the windows in a vertical position on a floor rack cart and secured them with a string. An employee removed the string to prepare to place a window back on the production line and walked in front of the stacked windows. The windows fell off the cart, landing on the employee who sustained a fractured right femur and pelvis, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 56 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
785

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