OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999425
U.S. PLYWOOD
EAGAN, MN·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling particle board
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing 104 in. above the ground atop a stack of 4 ft by 8 ft s heets of plywood, counting the loose sheets next to him. At the same time, a for klift was getting material to be counted from the adjacent aisle. A 2,800 lb, 40 sheet unit of particle board, 25 in. by 97 in., was jarred loose by the action of the forklift and fell onto the employee's upper torso. He was crushed and kil led. The material then broke apart and fell to the ground, with Employee #1 fall ing on top of it.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 268
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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