Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18028159 - United Refrigrated Services, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Mobile Area Office

Inspection Nr: 18028159

Report ID: 0418600

Date Opened: 04/13/1989

Site Address:
United Refrigrated Services, Inc.
211 Through Street
Andalusia, AL 36420

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4222

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/13/1989

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/02/1989

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360133805

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	19040002 A	04/24/1989	04/27/1989	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14335707

Event: 01/06/1989

Employee struck by falling pallets dies of a broken neck

Employee #1 and two coworkers were stacking sacks of shelled peanuts weighing about 110 lb each in a refrigerated warehouse. Employee #1, the forklift operator, parked the lift near the stored sacks. He then got off the lift and began to hammer down loose nails in a nearby stack of pallets. The two coworkers, laborers, climbed onto the stacked sacks and began to unload the sacks from the forklift and store them. Suddenly, a forklift pallet board broke and the load shifted, throwing three sacks off the pallet. These sacks struck Employee #1 from the rear at the neck and broke his neck. He was hospitalized and died some three months later.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, PALLETIZED CARGO, WAREHOUSE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NECK, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18028159			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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