OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #517235
CLEARANCE,UNSECURED,CRATE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,BRACING,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Two employees killed when crushed by crates
Investigation abstract
On November 4, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker were off loading three 4 he center crate started to fall toward the passenger side of the truck. Employee #1 was standing on the floor in the path of the crate with his back to the truc k. When it fell, he was crushed and killed. Employee #2 was clear of the first c rate, but when the second crate also started to fall, he was somehow caught betw een them. His left elbow was pinched and nearly severed. He was killed. ,000 lb crates of glass. Two crates measured 80 in. by 120 in. by 8 in. and the third crate was 72 in. by 120 in. by 8 in. The crates were shipped on a flatbed truck and were blocked and braced with 2 by 4 A-frames on each end of the crate. Employee #1 and the coworker were setting the chains and preparing the crates t o be hoisted. Employee #2 was operating the overhead crane from the floor. They removed one end of the A-frame and lifted the first crate on the passenger side of the truck bed. The crew prepared to lift the center crate by removing a leg o f the A-frame. As the coworker was setting the chain to lift the center crate, t
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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