OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823096
GIANT FOOD, INC.
JESSUP, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY MATERIAL FALLING FROM PALLET
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKING INVENTORY OF INCOMING MERCHANDISE. STACKED BEHIND HIM WER E TWO SKIDS OF NOODLES. NO ONE REALIZED THAT A SKID OF SPAGHETTI, WHICH WEIGHED 1700 POUNDS, WAS STACKED ON TOP OF A SKID OF EGG NOODLES, WHICH WEIGHED ONLY 660 POUNDS. THE TOW MOTOR OPERATOR HAD INADVERTENTLY STACKED THE HEAVIER SKID ON TO P OF THE LIGHTER ONE. THE BOTTOM SKID OF EGG NOODLES COLLAPSED, ALLOWING THE MAT ERIAL FROM THE TOP SKID TO FALL AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1. HE SUSTAINED BRUISES TO SEVERAL AREAS OF HIS BODY.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 365
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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