Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201067691 - Employee Dies after Being Struck by Container

Accident Summary Nr: 201067691 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/27/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125872036	05/07/2004	3444	332322	Spec-Built Systems

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on April 27, 2004, Employee #1, a worker for an employer that specializes in sheet metal fabrication, was moving a container with a pallet jack near the west entrance of the shipping and receiving area. As Employee #1 was moving the container, it bumped into another container located above it. The containers became interlocked, and when Employee #1 backed up the pallet jack, the top container fell on him. Three coworkers witnessed the accident and came to Employee #1's aid, lifting the container off of him. Employee #1 was transported to USCD Hillcrest Hospital, where he was admitted and underwent surgery for multiple head and body injuries. Employee #1 died nine days later. The accident investigation revealed that the container was not secured properly, which caused it to fall when he backed up the pallet jack.

Keywords: JANITOR, HEAD, PALLETIZED CARGO, LACERATION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, PALLET, STRUCK BY, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125872036			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Janitors and cleaners

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