OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382642
CHRYSLER CORPORATION, BELVIDERE ASSEMBLY PLANT
BELVIDERE, IL·
Event description
REPAIRMAN CRUSHED IN WELDING PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MAKING REPAIRS ON A LARGE WELDING PRESS. HE POSITIONED HIS UPPER INSIDE THE POINT OF OPERATION WHILE ALL THE POWER SWITCHES WERE IN THE "ON" POS ITION. THE NEW PART HE PLACED IN THE PRESS ACTIVATED A LIMIT SWITCH, WHICH, IN T URN, CYCLED THE PRESS DOWN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED IN THE PRESS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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