OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484794

THE PFAUDLER CO

ROCHESTER, NY— 1984-10-08T00:00:00

Event: CHEST, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, FALL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #981241
Employer profile: THE PFAUDLER CO
Summary number: 14484794
Report ID: 213600

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling crate

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on October 8, 1984, Employee #1 was unloading a flatb ed trailer when a crate tipped over, knocking him off the trailer. The crate the n fell on top of him, resulting in crushing injuries to his chest and internal o rgans. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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