OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257562
BURN,CHEST,FRACTURE,PRINTING PRESS,ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL,CLUTCH,FIRE,EXPLOSION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT
Event description
EMPLOYEES BURNED AND STRUCK BY FLYING PARTS AFTER EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 6, 1984, AT 4:20 PM, EMPLOYEES #1-6 WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF PLOYEE #10 WAS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS. HIS CHEST WAS ST RAINED AS A RESULT OF THE BLAST IMPACT FROM UNIT ONE OF THE ROYAL ZENITH PRESS. APPLYING ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL TO THE CLUTCH OF A ROYAL ZENITH PLANETA SUPER VARIANT OFFSET PRESS. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE GLAZE FROM THE CLUTCH TO PREVENT I T FROM SLIPPING. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED THE COVER PLATE OVER THE CLUTCH, THERE WA S AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT UNIT ONE, OVER THE CLUTCH, AND UNIT SEVEN, AT THE OPP OSITE END OF THE MACHINE. EMPLOYEES #1-6 RECEIVED BURNS AND FRACTURES FROM THE F LYING DEBRIS. EMPLOYEES #7-9 WERE AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET FROM UNIT 7 OF THE ZENITH PRESS. THESE THREE EM PLOYEES WERE STRUCK BY FLYING METAL FROM THE COVER OF THE EXPLODING GEAR BOX. EM
Victims (10)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
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#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 19
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 4
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 1560
- Task assigned
- 1
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