Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105697809 - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Inspection Information - Office: Virginia Central 0355100

Inspection Nr: 105697809

Report ID: 0355119

Date Opened: 03/21/1989

Site Address:
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
1901 Goodyear Blvd./Danville Plant
Danville, VA 24541

Mailing Address:
1901 Goodyear Blvd., Danville, VA 24541

Union Status: Union

SIC:3011

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/23/1989

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/23/1989

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360787964

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14295059

Event: 02/18/1989

Employee killed when metal pallet falls on his back

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on February 18, 1989, Employee #1 had elevated a 92-lb metal pallet 5 ft on the forks of an industrial truck. He dismounted and was unloading 30-in. by 5-in. by 7-in. bales of synthetic rubber, each weighing 75 lb, into a 5-ft-high by 4-ft-wide by 5-ft-long metal box. One of the bales of rubber fell onto the floor and under the forks on the driver's side of the truck. Employee #1 stumbled over it. As he fell under the forks he apparently grabbed for the empty pallet that was still elevated on the forks, dislodging it. Employee #1 fell face forward onto the concrete floor. The pallet fell onto his back, causing spinal cord contusions. Employee #1 died the same day. He was approximately 5 ft 8 in. tall and weighed 318 pounds.

Keywords: SPINE, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRIPPED, OFF LOADING, PALLET, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105697809			Fatality	Other	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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