Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14323927

U. S. STEEL CORPORATION

Event
ROTATING PARTS, OVEN, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CRUSHED, DOOR
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#749648
Employer profile
U. S. STEEL CORPORATION
Summary number
14323927
Report ID
317500

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by rotating oven door

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was attempting to clean cake from the sill of the #4 oven door. The door was rotated, squeezing him against a support channel and killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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