OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777615
RECYCLER WASTE CO.
SLC, UT·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN A BALE OF CARDBOARD STRUCK HIM
Investigation abstract
IT WAS EMPLOYEE #1'S FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR THE COMPAN Y. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEES SORT NEWSPAPERS FROM A CONVEYOR BELT. THERE WAS A WALL OF CARDBOARD BALES TWO HIGH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR B ELT. THE NEWSPAPERS TO BE SORTED WERE STORED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CARDBOARD B ALES. A FRONT END LOADER WAS GETTING ANOTHER LOAD OF PAPER FOR THE CONVEYOR WHEN A BALE FELL OUT OF THE CARDBOARD WALL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1. THE BALE FELL FRO M A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 3 FEET BEFORE STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS BENDING OVER SOR TING PAPER AT THE TIME. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN BACK AND BROKEN PELVIS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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