Accident: 170888143 - Injured When Rolling Bakery Rack Overturns

Employee #1 was transferring bakery goods from rolling racks to her delivery truck at a warehouse and distribution center. The racks were 2 1/2 ft long by 7 1/2 ft wide by 7 ft tall. Employee #1 activated an electric roll-up door and moved between racks to bring one back to her truck. She was approximately 3 to 4 ft away from a rack standing directly against the roll-up door as it was going up when the bottom edge of the door became caught under the rack and tipped it over on her. Employee #1 sustained two fractured vertebrae and four fractured ribs.

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Accident: 14484315 - Dies After 23 In. Fall From Bread Rack

Employee #1 was watching loaves of bread to see that they correctly entered the slicer. He was also responsible for resetting the blades and making other adjustments when a different size loaf was to enter the slicer. Instead of looking up at the new loaves which were on the cooling racks, Employee #1 climbed the side of a portable bread rack to the third rung, 23 in. above the hardwood floor, to remove a loaf of the new size bread to measure the blade adjustment. He fell backward off the bread rack and landed on the right side of his head. Employee #1 died 12 days later of brain damage. Climbing the bread rack is not permitted.

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Accident: 14565386 - Struck By Overturning Cake Rack

ON JUNE 30, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING OR TRANSFERING A CAKE RACK FULL OF BAKE PRODUCTS FROM ONE TRAILER TO ANOTHER. THE TRAILERS WERE PARKED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, WITH A DOCKBOARD OR PLATFORM, APPROXIMATELY 48" IN LENGTH AND 32" WIDE, BETWEEN THEM. THE CAKE RACK WAS EQUIPPED WITH CASTER WHEELS. IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 87" HIGH, 32" WIDE, AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 1,100 POUNDS WHEN FULLY LOADED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE, PUSHING OR PULLING A FULLY LOADED RACK OVER THE DOCKBOARD. THE DOCKBOARD EITHER COLLAPSED OR BECAME DISPLACED, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE AND THE RACK TO FALL. THE RACK STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, PINNING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TRAILER.

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