OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978510
RUDY'S TOPS & CUSTOM CABINETS
TUCSON, AZ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF 4 FOOT BY 8 FOOT SHEETS OF TEMPERED MASONITE FROM A STACK. THE STACK WAS LEANING AGAINST A WALL. SUDDENLY THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIALS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOLDING UP BECAME TOO HEAVY. HE FELL BACKWARDS , STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE RAISED WORK PLATFORM. THE FALL, PLUS THE WEIGHT OF TH E MATERIAL ON EMPLOYEE #1 CAUSED A FATAL INJURY TO EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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