OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382667
NORTHWESTERN STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY
STERLING, IL·
Event description
FURNACE PANEL WALL FELL ON EMPLOYEE; SKULL FRACTURED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING A POURED REFACTORY FROM AROUND THE WATER BOX OF A 46 IN CH STEEL MILL REHEAT FURNACE. THE REFRACTORY WAS POSITIONED ALONG THE ENTIRE BAS E OF THE PANEL WALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO CHIP AWAY THE REFRACT ORY. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 HAD CHIPPED OUT ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE REFRACTORY, THE FU RNACE WALL FELL, STRIKING HIM. HE DIED OF A FRACTURED SKULL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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