Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14446306 - STRUCK ON SIDE OF HEAD BY A WOODEN JOHNSON BAR HANDLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14446306 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/30/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15012313	04/09/1984	2221	0	Glen Raven Mills Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A SLASHER HEAD ON A FLAT BED TRUCK. THEY WERE USING JOHNSON BARS TO LIFT THE SLASHER HEAD UP IN ORDER TO PLACE THE ROLLER SKIDS UNDERNEATH. ROLLERS WERE PLACED UNDER THE FRONT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE REAR END WITH THE JOHNSON BARS. THE FRONT ROLLER SLIPPED OUT, CAUSING THE SLASHER HEAD TO SHIFT. ALL THE WEIGHT FELL ON THE JOHNSON BAR HELD BY EMPLOYEE #1. THIS CAUSED THE BAR TO FLY UP AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. THE SUPERVISOR FEELS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOLDING THE BAR IN A BAD POSITION. THIS WAS A POOR JUDGMENT DECISION ON HIS PART. NO COMPANY RULES OR STANDARDS WERE VIOLATED IN THE OPINION OF THE SUPERVISOR.

Keywords: LOADING, HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15012313			Fatality	Concussion	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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