Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200560027 - Employee killed when struck by particleboard spacers

Accident Summary Nr: 200560027 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/27/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109677567	03/28/1996	5031	0	Hardware Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:55 a.m. on March 27, 1996, Employee #1 was using a forklift to unload pallets of 4 ft by 8 ft sheets of particleboard from a railroad boxcar. The particleboard had been laid flat on the pallets in banded units, and to prevent the load from shifting in transit, air bags had been placed between the units, with 4 sheets of particleboard standing vertically on each side of an air bag. Employee #1 deflated an air bag, unloaded one stack of particleboard, and then removed four sheets of spacers. He then dismounted the forklift and had just walked into the boxcar when the four remaining sheets of particleboard spacers fell, striking him on the head. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, RAILROAD CAR, BOXCAR, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109677567			Fatality	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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