OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502702
HAMMERMILL HARDWOODS
KANSAS CITY, KS—
Event description
STACKS OF LUMBER FELL ON EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 3, 1984, AT ABOUT 9:20 AM EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING A CENTER SPACER IN THE STEAM VAT ROOM (MIDDLE SPACE). THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, A FORKLIFT DRIVER, HAD PUT THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT TRUCK UNDER A STACK OF LUMBER TO RAISE IT. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT BETWEEN THE STACKS OF LUMBER AN D THE FORKLIFT TO PUSH THE SPACER UNDER THE LUMBER STACKS SO THAT A STICKING MET AL DOOR WOULD CLOSE. THE STACK OF LUMBER FELL ON TOP OF HIM AND AND CRUSHED HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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