Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14456107 - STRUCK BY FALLING BOXES

Accident Summary Nr: 14456107 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/13/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15197833	08/14/1984	5211	0	Cook Lumber

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN HELPING FELLOW EMPLOYEES UNLOAD BOXED KITCHEN CABINETS FROM A RAILCAR ONTO A CONCRETE DOCK. THEY WERE THEN LOADED ONTO TRUCKS TO BE HAULED TO THE WAREHOUSE. WHEN ALL THE TRUCKS WERE LOADED THERE WERE STILL EIGHT TO TEN BOXED OAK BROOM CLOSETS, STANDING APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET HIGH AND WEIGHING 70 POUNDS EACH, LEFT STANDING ON THE DOCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMAIN AT THE DOCK TO GUARD THE CABINETS WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING THE TRUCKS AT THE WAREHOUSE. WHILE WAITING FOR THE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO RETURN EMPLOYEE #1 LAY DOWN ON THE DOCK, NEAR THE BOXES, FACE UP. HE CLOSED HIS EYES TO REST. PROBABLY DUE TO THE WIND, TWO OF THE BOXES FELL OVER, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE FACE.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, STRUCK BY, FACE, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15197833			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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