OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #852129
NOVA METAL SERVICE, INC.
WARRENSVILLE HTS, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by shifting load
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were in a loading bay using a pendant controlled overh ead crane to remove steel plates from a flat bed truck. While they were attempti ng to reposition the load from underneath with rollers, the load slipped from th e material handling shoes, causing the plates to shift away from the truck bed. Employee #1 was crushed between the steel plates and the loading bay wall. Emerg ency services were called and Employee #1 was extricated and transported to the hospital, where he died a few days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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