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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14371801

BRAKE,STEEL,CRUSHED

Event
BRAKE,STEEL,CRUSHED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14371801
Report ID
522000

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED AND KILLED BY STEEL COIL

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were repairing the inside loops of a 40,000 pound coi l of steel when a maintenance foreman, checking a report of no brakes on a coil tractor, struck a 37,000 pound coil which crushed Employee #1. Employee #1 died several hours later.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 51 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    15
    Environmental factor
    4
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    2

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