Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14379705 - Employee killed when struck by falling pegboard sheets

Accident Summary Nr: 14379705 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101319721	10/27/1988	5311	0	Federated Department Stores, Inc. - Gold Circle

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were moving display fixtures and pegboard sheets with a hand pallet truck. As they passed through a doorway, some of the pegboard sheets struck the doors and approximately 7 or 8 sheets fell and landed on Employee #1. He died of a lacerated heart.

Keywords: HEART, CLEARANCE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WOOD PANEL, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101319721			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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