PHILLIPS SYSTEMS

EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING CONCRETE BLOCKS

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:26 ON MARCH 24, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 CHAINED BACK THE UNLOADING DOOR OF A WASTE CARDBOARD CONTAINED WHICH HAD BEEN LOADED IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK . HE GUIDED THE TRUCK, WITH CARDBOARD CONTAINER, INTO THE COMPACTING SHED. HE WA S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE TRUCK'S DRIVER PULLED THE TRUCK AHEAD. THE LOADING DOOR HAD NOT BEEN CHAINED TIGHTLY ENOUGH AND CAUGHT AGAINST THE WAL L OF THE COMPACTING SHED. THE WALL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, SENDING CONCRETE BLOCKS OVER THE TOP OF THE TRUCK AND CONTAINER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK BY SEVERAL CONCR ETE BLOCKS. HE RECEIVED SPINAL INJURIES AND IS CURRENTLY PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN. HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, ON A RESPIRATOR AND UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE. S TATEMENTS BY EMPLOYEES INDICATE THAT THIS WALL HAS BEEN STRUCK BY TRUCKS BEFORE.