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Inspection: 15172349 - Bruce Hardwood Floors

Inspection Information - Office: Tennessee Osha Jackson Office - Safety

 

Inspection Nr: 15172349
Report ID: 0454715
Date Opened: 02/07/1985

Site Address:
Bruce Hardwood Floors
608 Williams St.
Jackson, TN 38301

Mailing Address:
P O Box 1334, Jackson, TN 38301

Union Status: Union

SIC:2426

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Planned

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/07/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/07/1985


Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14214464
Event: 05/29/1985
FORK LIFT OPERATOR KILLED BY FALLING BUNDLE OF LUMBER

On May 29, 1985, Employee #1, a fork lift operator, was helping unload lumber from a truck. The lumber was banded into bundles of random length measuring approximately 30 inches by 42 inches by 8 feet to 12 feet and weighing 5,000 to 6,000 pounds. Employee #1 was near stacked bundles placing a 4-inch by 4-inch piece of wood on the ground to support a bundle. He was crushed and killed when a bundle, from a stack four bundles high, fell onto him.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT, LUMBER STACK, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 15172349 Fatality Other Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
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