OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489637
FISHER BODY DIV
Syracuse, NY—
Event description
One killed, one injured by falling metal storage baskets
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:50 p.m. on March 27, 1984, Employees #1 and #2 were walking west down the main aisle just north of the 800 line. In an area adjacent to and north of the main aisle, a coworker was using a 3,700 capacity Yale fork truck, company #4F90, to position metal storage baskets for an upcoming inventory. Some of the storage baskets fell, striking Employees #1 and #2. Employee #1 suffered a fractured neck and was killed. Employee #2 suffered a fractured hip and abdom inal injuries, for which he was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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