OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999490
PANEL,CONCRETE PANEL,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,TRAILER,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY FALLING PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 9, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 7 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO UNLOAD A F LATBED TRAILER LOADED WITH PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS. THE PANELS, MEASURING 6 1/2 FEET BY 5 FEET, 9 INCHES BY 32 FEET, 1/8 INCH, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 11,600 POU NDS, WERE LOADED ON THEIR EDGE. ONE OF THE PANELS TIPPED OFF THE TRUCK, STRIKING AND CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1. HE DIED OF MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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