Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1073394 - Garden State Paper Company Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Hasbrouck Heights Area Office

Investigation Summary

ON OCTOBER 24,1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:20 AM AN EMPLOYEE OF GARDEN STATE PAPER CO. NOTICED A LEAK IN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM OVER SOME ROLLS OF FINISHED PRODUCTS. EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS TOLD TO REMOVE THE ROLLS FROM THAT AREA. THE EMPLOYEE, A CLAMP LIFT TRUCK DRIVER, USING A DATSUN CLAMP LIFT TRUCK #021949, LIFTED 4 ROLLS OF PAPERCREATING AN UNSTABLE LOAD.HE BACKED OUT OF THE STORAGE AREA INTO THE AISLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE ON THE LIFT TRUCK CAUSING THE TWO TOP ROLLERS TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1,A SECURITY GUARD,WAS MAKING HIS FIRE WATCH ROUNDS AT THIS TIME WAS STRUCK BY ONE OF THE ROLLS, PARTIALLY SEVERING HIS LEFT LEG AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOORING. POLICE AND FIRST AID RESPONDED BUT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL TO HOSPITAL.

Keywords: HEAD, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, SECURITY GUARD, UNSTABLE LOAD