OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214464
BRUCE HARDWOOD FLOORS
JACKSON, TN—
Event description
FORK LIFT OPERATOR KILLED BY FALLING BUNDLE OF LUMBER
Investigation abstract
On May 29, 1985, Employee #1, a fork lift operator, was helping unload lumber fr om a truck. The lumber was banded into bundles of random length measuring approx imately 30 inches by 42 inches by 8 feet to 12 feet and weighing 5,000 to 6,000 pounds. Employee #1 was near stacked bundles placing a 4-inch by 4-inch piece of wood on the ground to support a bundle. He was crushed and killed when a bundle , from a stack four bundles high, fell onto him.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- 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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