OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221492119
GRANITI VICENTIA LLC
HOUSTON, TX—
Event description
Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Falling Porcelain Slab
Investigation abstract
At 2:15 p.m. on August 26, 2022, an employee was picking up broken pieces of the stand. The employee was killed when crushed by the slab, sustaining blunt force injuries to the torso and upper extremities and compression of the chest. The slabs were not stored in a secure manner to prevent them from falling, and the banding material for several slabs had been damaged in transit. The banding was not replaced before working adjacent to the stands. porcelain inside a 53 foot trailer at a stone product manufacturing facility. Several A-frame stands with porcelain slabs were damaged in transit, and the employee was using a hammer, shovel, broom and forklift with a trash bin while cleaning up the damaged slabs. The employee was performing cleanup to allow for removal of the A-frame stands from the trailer, including stands that still held porcelain slabs. When a coworker driving the forklift was backing out of the trailer with the trash bin, the slabs fell off the A-frame stand. The employee was bent over and picking up broken on the trailer floor when the slab fell from
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Event type
- 2
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