OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #802959
PAPER ROLL,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CART
Event description
Employee crushed to death by door header
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was moving rolls of paper with a United Tractor paper buggy. As she was exiting from the warehouse, a roll of paper that was 94 in. long and weighed 7,030 lb hit the door, causing it to fall along with part of the brick wall. Th e wall struck Employee #1 and caused crushing injuries. She died. The buggy was pulling three utility trailers 28 in. high. The bottom of the door header was 9 ft 10 in. high. The concrete door header weighed approximately 14,000 lb.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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