OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943019
AIRFREIGHT TRANSFER
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY A STACK OF AIRPLANE PALLETS
Investigation abstract
An employee taking inventory of airplane pallets was injured when a stack of the pallets fell on him. Each stack contained six airplane or cargo pallets measuri ng 120 in. by 96 in. Each of the aluminum pallets weighed approximately 250 poun ds. The employee was knocked down onto the concrete floor and the pallets came t o rest on him. He was hospitalized with bruises, contusions, and abrasions.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BOXES/BARRELS, ETC. (7)
- Occupation
- Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c. (883)
- Human factor
- MATER-HANDLG PROCED. INAPPROPR (11)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.