Forklift operator is crushed by a roll of paper when it falls out of a railroad boxcar in California

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• Personal Author:
  Guerriero, Judie ; Harrison, Robert ; Tibben, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 24-year-old forklift operator (decedent) died when he was crushed by a 2,214-pound roll of paper that tumbled out of a boxcar door. The decedent had opened the boxcar door to access the load of rolls of paper for unloading. The bands that had held several rolls together pulled apart during shipping and the rolls had dislodged. When the decedent opened the door far enough, one roll fell on top of him. Neither the decedent nor his co-worker had training in unloading boxcars. The CA/FACE investigator that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers should: 1. use means of opening and closing railroad boxcar sliding doors that do not allow employees to stand in the door's opening. 2. develop and implement a formal, written training program that addresses the hazards of the job. 3. In addition, shippers should standardize methods of shipping to assure the integrity of the freight.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Railroads Safety Safety Management Staff Development Transportation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Railroad-cars Railroad-industry Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries Warehousing Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE97CA007
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027152
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-112047
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 97CA007, 1997 Oct ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a9c3e917d12646e32df007cbb62ce9d71c2b8bcd02cb482f9c5d77d4d10747ace63d6c9f2c9ffc8b9a84f0e8ae02ee9f0a202c58393d2ca1821b96e481e70992
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/168991/cdc_168991_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 21.52 KB ]