Metal Fabrication Shop Owner Dies When Crushed By Falling Steel Plate

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• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On December 15, 2003, a metal fabrication shop owner died when a 4,000-pound steel base plate fell on him. While inside the shop building, the work crew of least three men, including the owner, fabricated a 10'x 20' steel base plate to be used at a water treatment plant. The base plate was to house or serve as a base anchor for a large water pump. After welding connectors and channel iron beams to one side of the plate, the crew pushed the plate through a bay door with a forktruck to an outside area in back of the shop. The forktruck operator used the forks to lift one side of the plate. The owner then crawled headfirst underneath the plate to place blocks underneath the plate. While the owner was underneath the plate, the plate slipped off the forks of the forktruck, and the plate fell on the victim. He died at the scene due to multiple blunt force injuries. To prevent occurrences of similar incidents, the following recommendations have been made: 1. Employers should provide and use adequate procedures and tools to perform jobs safely. 2. Business owners should follow best safety practices. 3. Employers/employees should be properly trained on the use of forktrucks. 4. No one should be positioned underneath the elevated load of a forklift. 5. Employers/employees should be trained in the proper methods to secure and lift loads when using a forklift to prevent the load from slipping or moving. 6. Employers should develop written safety procedures for all tasks and provide training for the procedures.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Tools Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03KY124
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026451
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-112781
• 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 03KY124, 2004 Dec ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:75f61e27e9afc4f9a27a857412f73de5f2b8af499bb02b6870ba83f660fe018181b0ceba1b60bade24f3a061f040146239d94da755b8bb28539ea198107eeae9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170147/cdc_170147_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 441.66 KB ]