OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510622
REGAL GLASS INC
AUSTIN, TX—
Event description
Employee killed when crate of glass overturns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were using a split-tee dolly to move a 3,700 lb crate of glass from a material hoist to the floor of a building. They were rolling the dolly from the uneven steel floor of the hoist to a plywood ramp leading to the floor when the irregular surface caused the dolly to wobble. A tee came out fro m under the crate and the crate toppled over on its side, crushing and killing E mployee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 89
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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