Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202313896 - Carpenter Is Killed When Crushed By Granite Slab
Accident: 202313896 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/20/2004 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125569400 | 01/20/2004 | 1521 | Pioneer Drywall & Painting Co. | ||||
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
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | Other | Under $50,000 | 1 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 125569400 | Fatality | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |