OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827196
PRECISION PULLEY AND IDLER
CORNING, IA·
Event description
Employee killed, one hospitalized when steel shaft falls
Investigation abstract
At 3:30 p.m. on May 26, 1988, Employee #1 and #2 and two coworkers were unloadin g steel shafting material from a forklift. As they were removing the wrapping fr om the load, the forklift tilted forward, rolling the shafting onto Employees #1 and #2. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was hospitalized with compound f ractures of the left leg.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 655
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 655
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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