Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171125305 - Employee killed when crushed by falling stack of doors

Accident Summary Nr: 171125305 -- Report ID: 1055310 -- Event Date: 08/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302184379	08/10/1999	5211	0	Emerald City Door Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 needed to extract a door that was sandwiched in a stack of doors leaning upright against a fixed rack. Each door weighed between 90 and 120 lb. He was balancing several doors vertically while a coworker tried to slide out the desired door when the ones he was holding upright shifted and began to fall backward. Employee #1 tried to push them back into a vertical position but they were too heavy and continued to fall. He was attempting to get out of the way when he was struck by the group of falling doors and crushed against a stack of lumber. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, DOOR, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302184379			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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