Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200810356 - Employee killed when crushed by falling cotton bale

Accident Summary Nr: 200810356 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 12/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300574837	12/09/1997	2074	0	Southern Cotton Oil Co., Div Of Adm

Abstract: Employee #1 and six coworkers were stacking and loading bales of cotton linters when a stack of bales toppled over. He was crushed and killed under an approximately 700 lb bale of cotton. The stacked pile was unstable because the bales were being placed in haste, the pile was too high, and the dunnage used was of poor quality.

Keywords: LOADING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300574837			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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