OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346217
RALPH'S TRANSFER CO. INC
TAMPA, FL—
Event description
FREEZER/REFRIGERATOR FELL ON EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
RALPH'S TRANSFER EMPLOYED A TRUCK OPERATOR TO DELIVER APPLIANCES. THE OWNER/OPER STARTED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO VENICE HOSPITAL. HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT 4:15 PM. ATOR HIRED A 16 YEAR OLD BOY AS HIS ASSISTANT. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM ON MAY 1 4, 1985, AT NIKOMIS, FLORIDA, THE TRUCK OPERATOR AND HIS ASSISTANT (EMPLOYEE #1) WERE DELIVERING A 480 POUND REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER. WHILE THE TRUCK OPERATOR WAS ASKING THE CUSTOMER WHERE THE APPLIANCE WAS TO BE PLACED, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MANUEV ERING THE APPLIANCE ONTO THE TAIL LIFT PLATFORM. FOR SOME REASON, EMPLOYEE #1 FE LL OFF THE LIFT GATE. THE REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER ALSO FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 W HILE HE WAS STILL ON THE GROUND. A PASSING LAWN SERVICE WORKER ALERTED THE TRUCK OPERATOR TO THE FACT THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN HURT. EMPLOYEE #1'S HEART WAS RE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 16 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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