Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Stone Worker Crushed to Death Under Toppled Granite Slabs.

摘要

On October 12, 1996, a 48-year-old worker at a stone fabrication shop was killed after being crushed by falling 700 pound slabs of granite. The incident occurred as the victim and a coworker were using a forklift truck to move a granite slab to a metal A-frame used to store the slabs on edge. As the slab was lowered into position, the forklift pushed against three other granite slabs stored on a second A-frame, causing them to tip over and fall towards the victim. The victim, who was standing between the metal frames to release the slab from the forklift, was crushed between the falling slabs and the slabs stored on the A-frame in front of him.