OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #633628

GERRITY CO., INC.

LIVERPOOL, NY· 1987-09-29T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED, PINNED, TRAILER TRUCK, CRUSHED, OFF LOADING, UNSTABLE LOAD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100492784
Employer profile: GERRITY CO., INC.
Summary number: 633628
Report ID: 215800

Event description

Employee dies after being crushed by 10,000 lb bundle

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:05 a.m. on September 29, 1987, Employee #1 was unloading cla pboard siding bundles from a truck trailer. Employee #1 was inside the trailer u nblocking the siding bundles. He remained inside the trailer while a 40-in. by 8 3-in. by 20-ft bundle of siding weighing 10,000 lb was being removed from the tr ailer by a fork truck. The load was almost out of the trailer when it tipped ove r, pinning Employee #1 against the trailer. He sustained crushing injuries and w as taken to the hospital, where he later died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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