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Lumber Company Employee Falls 48" From Storage Rack To His Death, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Lumber Company Employee Falls 48" From Storage Rack To His Death, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Falls
In October 1998, a 58-year-old male truck driver/yard worker died of traumatic head injuries when he fell 48" from a storage rack. The employee had climbed onto the storage rack to retrieve 3/4" round molding, 8 feet in length for a customer to load into his truck. The employee placed his feet on pine boards that were being stored on the middle row and was trying to retrieve molding being stored above (approximately 9 feet off the floor). After he cut the bundle string to release the individual molding pieces, he began to pull the pieces out which were being …