Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170738652 - Employee crushed to death by falling paper printing press

Accident Summary Nr: 170738652 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 10/10/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120265582	10/11/1994	3411	0	Orange County Containers

Abstract: Employee #1, the maintenance supervisor, was off loading a printer from a highboy truck. After the printer was set on the lowered forks of a forklift (Hyster, #87-273), the forklift was shut off and the employee got in between the printer and the vehicle. He tried to straighten the load with a long 2 in. diameter pipe. The printer, measuring 14 ft by 2 1/2 ft by 5 ft and weighing 12,000 lb, tipped and fell on top of him, pinning him to the ground. The employee sustained severe internal injuries and died. The load was unbalanced, which caused it to fall.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, PINNED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120265582			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators

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