OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320857
PHILADELPHIA NAVAL SHIPYARD
PHILADELPHIA, PA·
Event description
Employee in manhole killed when struck by moving device
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered a manhole to determine what was jamming cable that was being pulled between manholes. After freeing the cable, he ordered that it be pulled again. Some components broke, suddenly releasing the cable's tension and causing a funneling device called a trumpet to move rapidly and strike Employee #1, kil ling him. Employee #1 had not been properly trained to avoid putting himself in this dangerous position.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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