Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202313896 - Carpenter is killed when crushed by granite slab

Accident Summary Nr: 202313896 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125569400	01/20/2004	1521	236115	Pioneer Drywall & Painting Co.

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on January 20, 2004, Employee #1, a carpenter, and two coworkers, were unloading a wooden crate containing nine granite slabs (each approximately 9 ft by 6 ft by 0.75 in., and weighing approximately 600-700 pounds) from a shipping container. The employer attached a wire rope cable sling around the wooden crate slabs and to the tail end of a Hyster forklift. While the forklift was pulling the load out of the container, the load dropped approximately 4 in., fell onto the loading dock, and crushed Employee #1's head and neck, killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, CARPENTER, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NECK, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125569400			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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