OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734343
HORDIS BROTHERS INC.
ROCK HILL, SC·
Event description
HEAVY PLATE GLASS PIECE FELL ON EMPLOYEE, CRUSHING HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOLDING A LOAD OF PLATE GLASS IN PLACE ON A COMPANY MODIFIED "A" FRAME WHILE THE GLASS WAS BEING UNLOADED FROM A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK AND ONTO THE "A" FRAME. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BESIDE THE "A" FRAME, HOLDING THE PLATE GLASS TO PREVENT MOVEMENT. THE GLASS WAS BEING UNLOADED BY HAND. THE "A" FRAME C OLLAPSED ON THE SIDE NEXT TO EMPLOYEE #1, DROPPING THE PLATE GLASS, WEIGHING APP ROXIMATELY 7,000 POUNDS, ONTO HIM. HE WAS PINNED AGAINST THE TRUCK AND SUFFERED FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES. THE "A" FRAME WAS NEVER TESTED TO DETERMINE LOAD CAPACI TY, AND THE MODIFICATIONS WERE NOT PROPERLY DESIGNED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 877
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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