Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Laborer Dies After Falling 8 Feet While Spreading a Tarp on a Trailer
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Laborer Dies After Falling 8 Feet While Spreading a Tarp on a Trailer
On January 11, 1994, a 54 year-old male laborer was killed after falling eight feet from a flatbed trailer. The incident occurred after the victim had loaded the trailer with pallets of bagged cement. He had climbed on top of the pallets to spread a tarp over them when he apparently slipped and fell to the ground. He suffered severe head injuries and died the next day.
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Laborer Dies After Falling 8 Feet While Spreading a Tarp on a Trailer
1994
4 pages
Report
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English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Job Environment , Environmental Health & Safety , Laborer , Fatality , Accident analysis , New Jersey , Accidental fall , Tarp , Flatbed trailer , Accident prevention , Victim , Pallets , Injuries , Fatal Assessment and Control Evaluation(FACE)