OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14350243
O'NEAL STEEL, INC.
BIRMINGHAM, AL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN DESLAGGER DRUM ACTIVATED INADVERTENTLY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE "DESLAGGER" DRUM WITH HIS UPPER BODY IN ORDER TO REMOVE SOME METAL PARTS WHICH REMAINED AFTER THE DESLAGGING PROCESS. AN APPARENT MALFUN CTION OF THE MACHINE'S ELECTRICAL CONTROLS CAUSED THE DRUM TO ROTATE DOWNWARD AN D PIN EMPLOYEE #1'S CHEST BETWEEN THE DRUM OPENING AND THE MACHINE'S OUTER FRAME .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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