OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659656

THORENSEN FORMS, INC.

BOSTON, MA· 1986-01-16T00:00:00

Event: BOARD, HEAD, SUSPENDED LOAD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CONCUSSION, CONSTRUCTION, PALLET, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100434521
Employer profile: THORENSEN FORMS, INC.
Summary number: 659656
Report ID: 111400

Event description

Employee killed when struck on head by falling bucket

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was carrying lumber for carpenters who were installing form work, wh en he was struck on head by a bucket of bolts that dropped from a crane when a s lat on a pallet broke. He sustained a concussion and was killed.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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