OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278675
PRATT & WHITNEY NORTH HAVEN
NORTH HAVEN, CT·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by swinging retort
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was watching a 1,300 pound retort that was being hoisted from a vert ical furnace using an overhead pendant crane, steel sling, and two C-clamps. The C-clamps were attached to the round tip of the retort. The retort had been hois ted about 6 inches above the furnace and was being moved away from it, when the retort began to turn. The back C-clamp popped off and the retort swung around, s triking Employee #1, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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