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Accident Summary Nr: 14346217 - FREEZER/REFRIGERATOR FELL ON EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 14346217 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17446881	07/18/1985	4212	0	Ralph'S Transfer Co. Inc

Abstract: RALPH'S TRANSFER EMPLOYED A TRUCK OPERATOR TO DELIVER APPLIANCES. THE OWNER/OPERATOR HIRED A 16 YEAR OLD BOY AS HIS ASSISTANT. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM ON MAY 14, 1985, AT NIKOMIS, FLORIDA, THE TRUCK OPERATOR AND HIS ASSISTANT (EMPLOYEE #1) WERE DELIVERING A 480 POUND REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER. WHILE THE TRUCK OPERATOR WAS ASKING THE CUSTOMER WHERE THE APPLIANCE WAS TO BE PLACED, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MANUEVERING THE APPLIANCE ONTO THE TAIL LIFT PLATFORM. FOR SOME REASON, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL OFF THE LIFT GATE. THE REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER ALSO FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 WHILE HE WAS STILL ON THE GROUND. A PASSING LAWN SERVICE WORKER ALERTED THE TRUCK OPERATOR TO THE FACT THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN HURT. EMPLOYEE #1'S HEART WAS RESTARTED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO VENICE HOSPITAL. HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT 4:15 PM.

Keywords: MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17446881			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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