OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686709
NATIONAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS DIVISION
ROOSEVELT, UT—
Event description
6000 POUND JUGS FELL FROM FLATBED TRAILER TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 23, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE UNLOADING MAT 25 FEET LONG, 8 TO 10 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 8000 POU NDS EACH. ERIAL FROM A FLATBED TRAILER TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS THE TRUCK DRIVER. THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING MATERIAL FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND MOVING IT TO THE WEST SIDE. THEY REMOVED ONE PIECE OF MATERIAL. AS THEY BEGAN TO REMOVE A SECOND PIECE, A GROUP OF DRILLING JUGS OR JARS STACKED IN THE CENTER OF THE BED BEGAN ROLLING. THE FIRST JUG THAT ROLLED OFF THE BED KNOCKED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE GROUND AND THREW EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 BACK OUT OF THE WAY. THE FOUR REMAINING JUG S ROLLED OFF THE FLATBED TRAILER AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FATALL Y INJURED AND EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 SUSTAINED LEG INJURIES. THE JUGS OR JARS WERE
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 636
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 636
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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