OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212120
KROPP FORGE CO A DIV OF ANADITE INC
CICERO, IL·
Event description
CRUSHED AND BURNED IN A HEAT TREAT FURNACE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND PINNED INSIDE A CAR BOTTOM FURNACE THAT HAD BEEN LIT ABOUT 8 HOURS EARLIER. EMPLOYEE #1, AN INSTRUMENT REPAIRMAN, HAD NO REASON WHATSOEVER TO BE IN THE FURNACE. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD INDICATED TO A CO-WORKER THAT MORNING THA T HE WAS GOING TO FIND A HOLE AND CRAWL IN AND GO TO SLEEP.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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