OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542286
D H GRIFFIN WRECKING CO INC
HAPEVILLE, GA—
Event description
Employee killed in 8 ft fall from pallet
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were engaged in the demolition and salvage of an old a irport terminal. Employee #1 was working from a wooden pallet elevated 8 ft by a forklift, preparing to use a cutting torch to remove a bundle of wire from the side wall of the building. A Bobcat loader was passing by and became entangled i n a partially cut communications cable. The Bobcat pulled the cable, which then pulled the wooden pallet and forklift mast, jerking the forklift. Employee #1 lo st his balance and fell from the pallet to the concrete floor. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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