Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 565036 - EMPLOYEE FATALLY STRUCK BY FALLING DUMPSTER LID

Accident Summary Nr: 565036 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 06/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107569089	06/29/1992	3423	0	Danaher Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107710915	06/29/1992	3423	0	Danaher Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107707275	07/01/1992	7363	0	Express Services, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107569097	07/01/1992	7363	0	Express Services, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WORKER WERE DUMPING SLUDGE CONTAINING CHROME AND NICKEL INTO A LARGE HAZARDOUS WASTE DUMPSTER. THE DUMPSTER WAS ALMOST 25 FEET LONG AND HAD TWO LARGE LIDS THAT WERE 7 FEET 3 INCHES LONG BY 5 FEET 3 INCHES WIDE AND OPENED FROM THE EAST SIDE TOWARD THE WEST. THE LIDS ARE ESTIMATED TO WEIGH MORE THAN 500 POUNDS EACH. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LEANING OVER A RIM OF THE DUMPSTER AND PULLING AT A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT THEY HAD DUMPED IN WITH THE SLUDGE. THE WIND WAS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 12 MILES PER HOUR. APPARENTLY, THE WIND BLEW THE LID OVER, AS IT WAS TILTED BACK PAST THE CENTER ONLY ABOUT 6 DEGREES. THE HEAVY LID STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD AS HE LEANED OVER THE OPENING, CAUSING MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD GONE BEHIND THE DUMPSTER AND WAS NOT INVOLVED OR INJURED.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGH WIND, DUMPSTER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107569089	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	107710915			Occupation Not Listed
3	107707275			Occupation Not Listed
4	107569097			Occupation Not Listed

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