OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732255
PLATFORM,HEAD,FALL,PALLET,LOST BALANCE
Event description
FALL FROM PLATFORM OR PALLET ON PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
A PALLET CONTAINING PLASTIC PAILS OF RAM-85 HAD JUST BEEN LOADED ONTO A TUNDISH SERVICE AREA PLATFORM, LOCATED 9 FEET ABOVE THE MAIN FLOOR. THE PLATFORM WAS 42 INCHES WIDE. THE TOP CHAIN OF THE GUARDRAIL OPENING HAD BEEN RE-SECURED, BUT THE BOTTOM CHAIN COULD NOT BE USED BECAUSE OF A BROKEN CHAIN CLASP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING THE PLASTIC PAILS FROM THE PALLET. HE HAD UNLOADED 11 OF THE 30 PAILS WHEN HE STEPPED UP ONTO THE PALLET, OR A PAIL ON THE PALLET, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS OVER THE TOP GUARDRAIL OPENING CHAIN. HE LAN DED ON HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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