Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156717.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by 900 pound pallet of paper

Accident Summary Nr: 156717.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/25/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1673297.015	05/26/2023		322230	Goelzer Industries Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on May 25, 2023, an employee working as a printing machine operator for a paper office products manufacturer was cleaning ink from a paper handling machine. The employee was working near a stack of pallets holding reams of paper. A coworker was using a forklift to lift a pallet of paper in the immediate vicinity of the employee when an adjacent pallet snagged on the lifted pallet. This caused the adjacent pallet to tip over and fall upon the employee's lower body. The pallet of paper weighed about 900 pounds. The employee died after sustaining injuries to her back, face and legs from being crushed between her work surface and the fallen pallet.

Keywords: Back, Cleaning, Crushed, Driver, Face, Falling Object, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Leg, Machine operator, Material Handling, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Paper, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Struck By, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1673297.015	46	F	Fatality		Printing machine operators

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