Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200330157 - Employee killed by falling pallets of shingles

Accident Summary Nr: 200330157 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 02/06/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113333413	02/10/1998	5211	0	Northern Lumber Company

Abstract: Employee #1, age 19, and a coworker were directed to deliver approximately 120 bundles of shingles to a residential construction site. The shingles were stacked on three pallets and had been loaded onto a GMC top-kick truck with an elevating bed. When they arrived at the site, the truck bed was elevated to approximately 14 ft to transfer the shingles to the roof. Employee #1 climbed onto the elevated truck bed, at which point the truck bed leaned to one side causing the pallets of shingles to slide. Employee #1 fell from the truck bed onto a porch below, and the three pallets of shingles landed on top of him. He was killed instantly.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, PALLETIZED CARGO, WORK RULES, FALL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113333413			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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