OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388003
IDEAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
MANSFIELD, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling workpiece
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on October 12, 1988, Employee #1 and his coworker wer e installing copper coil winding onto a large stator that was approximately 8 1/ 2 ft by 8 1/2 ft by 33 in. thick and weighed approximately 20,000 lb. They had t he crane operator set the stator down in a standing position on two steel horses . They had chosen horses that were too short to span the 33 in. thickness of the stator, which was therefore not stable. After more than two hours, the stator t ipped over and crushed Employee #1 as he tried to escape from beneath. He died i nstantly. Horses of a suitable size were available 10 feet away.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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