Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201561289 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Falling Material

Accident Summary Nr: 201561289 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 03/23/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306619354	03/23/2005	5712	442110	R C Willey Home Furnishings

Abstract: On March 23, 2005, an employee who was an order puller was operating a lift truck with an attached cart. He was attempting to slide a marble table top from a ground level rack, onto his cart. Six of the 60-in. square table tops were stored on end, in wooden crates, next to each other. The employee was trying to move the table top when something happened to cause all six tables to fall over and crushing the employee. There were no eye-witnesses, and his body was not found for approximately 3.5 hours.

Keywords: CRATE, CRUSHED, TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306619354			Fatality	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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