Lumberyard Orderman Died from Injuries Sustained after a Laminated Beam Falls on Him in California

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• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services
• Description:
  A 41-year-old white, Hispanic male orderman (the decedent) died after a 60-foot laminated beam fell on him in a lumber yard. There were no witnesses to this incident, but the employer believed the decedent was attempting to retrieve a 7" X 11 7/8" X 8' beam out from under two large laminated beams which weighed approximately 3000 lbs. each. While he was attempting to move the shorter beam out from underneath the large laminated beam onto a forklift, the large laminated beam rolled on top of him. Co-workers heard the decedent's screams and came to his aid. He was conscious when co-workers arrived, so they did not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or First Aid procedures. Paramedics were summoned to the scene and arrived in approximately 5 minutes. The decedent was transported to a nearby hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. He was pronounced dead by a physician at the hospital at 2:15 am on May 12, 1994. The CA/FACE investigator concluded that in order to prevent similar future occurrences, employers should: 1. provide training for employees regarding the hazards related to loading and unloading stacks of lumber. 2. evaluate their current safety program and incorporate specific training procedures emphasizing the importance of controlling hazards in the workplace. These procedures should include, but not be limited to, conducting hazard evaluations before initiating work at a job site and implementing appropriate controls. 3. require that employees work in pairs when their work involves retrieving lumber from under a stack.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Forestry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Lumber-industry Lumber-industry-workers Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 9 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94CA012
• 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:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027027
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-114510
• 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 94CA012, 1995 Apr ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  42 - Wholesale Trade - (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-512:2a344242ee4e6ac9dc58a7b83d2189ce9b361bc3b5c1b234dd65908d91c9f69c64876650a15567a4b91745ca6c82f8ed320ad59b8f51655c454cd23f241e2508
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169035/cdc_169035_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.63 KB ]