OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348072
AIR DRO
DECATUR, AL·
Event description
One employee killed, one injured by projectile bearing
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:30 a.m. on September 16, 1988, Employee #1 was testing a hydr aulic cylinder in a test stand. When he inadvertently turned on an air control s witch at the operator's control panel, air was introduced into the rod end of th e cylinder. The intensified pressure built up until the rod-bearing retainer bol ts sheared, causing the bearing and bearing retainer to become a projectile that struck Employee #1 on the left arm, breaking it above the wrist. The bearing an d bearing retainer traveled another 25 feet and struck Employee #2, a bystander, on his chest, killing him instantly.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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