OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259436

H & W WAREHOUSE INC

LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA— 1985-02-19T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1925510
Employer profile: H & W WAREHOUSE INC
Summary number: 14259436
Report ID: 625700

Event description

STRUCK BY FALLING BALE OF COTTON

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING WITH A FORK LIFT OPERATOR, MOVING COTTON BALES IN WAREHO USE "C" AT H.& W. WAREHOUSE INC, LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. THEY WERE PULLING COTTON B ALES FROM A STACK ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 19, 1985. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTACHED A GA RRETT PULLING ADAPTER TO A BALE SO THE FORKLIFT COULD PULL IT FROM THE STACK. HE FAILED TO MOVE FAR ENOUGH FROM THE STACK TO AVOID A FALLING BALE. A BALE ON TOP OF THE STACK SHIFTED AS A RESULT OF THE FORKLIFT PULLING THE OTHER BALE AND IT FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD. THE BALE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 500 POUND S. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
7

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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