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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212328

COKE OVEN,CLEANING,CRUSHED,DOOR,INATTENTION

Event
COKE OVEN,CLEANING,CRUSHED,DOOR,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14212328
Report ID
521700

Event description

CRUSHED BETWEEN COKE OVEN DOOR AND SIDE OF COKE OVEN

Investigation abstract

ON JUNE 10, 1985, AT 6 AM, EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS WORKING AS A DOOR CLEANER ON THE PUS CLOSED. AS THE DOOR BEGAN TO CLOSE EMPLOYEE # 1 STEPPED INTO THE PATH OF THE DOO R. HE WAS CAUGHT BY THE DOOR AND CRUSHED AGAINST THE OVEN STRUCTURE. HER SIDE OF A COKE OVEN. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SWEEPING TH E BENCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PUSHER MACHINE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PRESENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PUSHER. AFTER COMPLETING THE PUSH AND WITHDRAWING THE RAM , THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SHOVELLED UP THE SPILLED COKE AND, AFTER NOTING THE POSITIO N OF EMPLOYEE #1, SIGNALLED THE PUSHER OPERATOR TO REPLACE THE DOOR. THE PUSHER OPERATOR CHECKED THE POSITIONS OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES ON THE BENCH, THEN LOOKED DOWN TO THE CONTROLS AND CLOSED THE DOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HIS BACK TURNED TO THE DOOR AND APPARENTLY DIDN'T HEAR THE SIGNAL INDICATING THE DOOR WAS ABOUT TO BE

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 36 F

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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