OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565386
ITT CONTINENTAL BAKING CO
ELOY, AZ—
Event description
STRUCK BY OVERTURNING CAKE RACK
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 30, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING OR TRANSF ERING A CAKE RACK FULL OF BAKE PRODUCTS FROM ONE TRAILER TO ANOTHER. THE TRAILER S WERE PARKED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, WITH A DOCKBOARD OR PLATFORM, APPROXIMATEL Y 48" IN LENGTH AND 32" WIDE, BETWEEN THEM. THE CAKE RACK WAS EQUIPPED WITH CAST ER WHEELS. IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 87" HIGH, 32" WIDE, AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATE LY 1,100 POUNDS WHEN FULLY LOADED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE, PUSHING OR PUL LING A FULLY LOADED RACK OVER THE DOCKBOARD. THE DOCKBOARD EITHER COLLAPSED OR B ECAME DISPLACED, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE AND THE RACK TO FALL. THE RACK STRUCK EMPL OYEE #1, PINNING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TRAILER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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