OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240386
CHROMIUM CORPORATION (RECIPR. ENG. COMP. DIV.)
LUFKIN, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY FALLING ANODE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN A SQUATTING POSITION, REMOVING TAPE FROM AN ENGINE CYLINDER L INER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PLACED A LEAD ANODE, IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, ON THE FLOOR NEAR EMPLOYEE #1'S POSITION. A THIRD EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE A FORKLIFT BET WEEN THE LEAD ANODE AND A BAFFLE STORAGE BOX. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ROOM FOR TH E FORKLIFT AND THE REAR OF THE LIFT STRUCK THE LEAD ANODE, KNOCKING IT OVER IN T HE DIRECTION OF EMPLOYEE #1. THE ANODE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, KILLING H IM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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