OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296602
W. R. GRACE & COMPANY, WASHINGTON RESEARCH CENTER
COLUMBIA, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY UNSECURED HEAVY METAL MAGNET
Investigation abstract
AT 11:30 AM ON FEBRUARY 7, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A LAB TECHNICIAN EMPLOYED BY W. R. SIGNS WERE NOT USED. GRACE & CO., 7379 ROUTE 32, COLUMBIA, MD., WAS IN LAB #108 PREPARING A MASS SPE CTROSCOPE UNIT FOR REMOVAL. BEFORE DISCONNECTING WIRES BETWEEN PARTS OF THE UNIT , EMPLOYEE #1 FIRST HAD TO MOVE A 3000 POUND MAGNET, SET ON TRACKS, OUT OF THE W AY. IN ORDER TO REACH THE WIRES, HE HAD TO UNBOLT A MAGNET HORIZONTAL ADJUSTMENT FITTING WHICH SECURED THE MAGNET AND CARRIAGE TO THE TRACKS. WHILE PULLING THE MAGNET AND CARRIAGE TOWARDS HIM, THE WHEELS OF THE CASING REACHED THE END OF THE TRACKS AND FELL OFF. THE MAGNET FELL FORWARDS AND PINNED EMPLOYEE #1'S LEG AGAI NST A METAL CABINET. HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG WAS INJURED. SAFETY CAUTION AND WARNING
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 224
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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