OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822080
HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LACERATION,STORAGE RACK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee's head cut by falling box
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a stock clerk, had requested an order from a hi lift operator, who was pulling the pallet from the top of a rack. Employee #1 was nearby asking cus tomers to stand clear from the area when an approximately 40 to 50 lb unsecured box fell from the top rack and struck Employee #1 on the top of his head. He req uired 30 stitches.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 365
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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