OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14328520
HEAD,AIRCRAFT CARRIER,ELECTRICAL,LOCKOUT,CIRCUIT BREAKER,ELEVATOR
Event description
Employee Crushed by Weapons Elevator Flight Deck of Carrier
Investigation abstract
Three employees were welding the rain gutter on a weapons elevator located on th ther's head between the elevator car and flight deck. Subsequent investigation r evealed that someone had switched on the main circuit breaker, which still had t he caution tag on it. e flight deck of the U.S.S. Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier. They were using the elevator car as a work platform. Two electricians were using continuity testers on the weapons elevator electrical system. The main circuit breaker for the weap ons elevator had been tagged "Caution." It was only to be operated by the electr ical department. On June 24, 1984, the electricians checked the circuit breaker at 10:30 a.m. It was still open and tagged. When the electricians activated a sw itch in the electrical system the elevator car moved up approximately 6 feet to the flight deck. This action struck one employee on the shoulder and crushed ano
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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