OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #849364

LOADING,IND TRK OPERATOR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LUMBER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1989-05-01T00:00:00

Event: LOADING,IND TRK OPERATOR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LUMBER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 849364
Report ID: 524200

Event description

Lift truck driver killed by falling stacks of lumber

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a lift truck driver, had stacked eight piles of lumber to a height of approximately 16 ft. Three of the stacks, each containing 80 pieces of 14 ft long 2 by 10s, and weighing approximately 7,000 lb, fell from his truck and kill ed him A violation of standard 1910.176(b) was cited: the lumber was not limited in height and was not secured against storage sliding and collapse.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
3

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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