OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14314413
SPEEDY MUFFLER
LANGHORNE, PA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by float guide from oil tank
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been working on a vehicle that was elevated on a lift. When the lift failed to lower he determined that there was probably a shortage of oil in its hydraulic system. Employee #1 positioned himself over the air oil tank, wher e oil is added, and unscrewed the fill plug from the top of the tank using an im pact wrench. The perforated float guide in the tank was under pressure and shot upward. It struck Employee #1 in the throat, severing his aorta and killing him. Employee #1 should have exhausted all air pressure from the system before attem pting to add oil.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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