OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388094
SEAWAY BOLT & SPECIALS CO.
COLUMBIA STATION, OH·
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by falling hopper
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were inside a dumpster looking for a machine part tha s holding on to the hopper. Forklift training was provided. The employer did not know that employees were outside in the dumpster. t they thought had fallen into a scrap basket and been dumped into a hopper that was now in the dumpster. Another coworker came out and watched. The machine ope rator then came outside and called for the Employee #1 and the coworker to get o ut of the dumpster and stop looking for the part. The coworker left but Employee #1 did not. Employee #1 instructed the other coworker to move the forklift with the hopper on the forks. Employee #1 remained in the dumpster as the coworker l ifted the hopper. Employee #1 stretched up his arms to hold onto the hopper, whi ch then fell on him and killed him. The coworker was unaware that Employee #1 wa
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- ABDOMEN (1)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.