OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816645
LOADING,HEAD,UNEVEN GROUND,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when struck on head by table
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:52 p.m. on October 17, 1988, Employee #1 and two coworkers we re loading heavy machinery onto a 40 ft long tractor-type truck trailer parked o n an incline. All the machinery was loaded on the flatbed trailer and secured ex cept for an 800 to 1,000 lb heavy steel table that was on the lower side of the trailer near the edge, sitting on 1/2 inch thick plyboard. The 6 inch wide by 36 inch long table had legs that were adjustable and not the same length. Due to t he incline, the table tipped over and fell, striking Employee #1 on the head. He was knocked to the ground. New Haven Ambulance took Employee #1 to Yale, where he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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