OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394514
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE, INC.
BATON ROUGE, LA·
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by falling stator
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were disassembling a General Electric vertical motor, model 5K633744, to begin rebuilding/repairing it. Employee #1 used a 20 ton ove rhead crane to suspend the motor approximately 5 ft 9 in. above the floor. He su spended the motor improperly by attaching a clamp to the rotor instead of to the stator. When Employee #1 removed the four bolts that held the unit together, th e stator fell against his hips, knocking him to the ground. Employee #1 was pinn ed beneath the stator, which weighed approximately one ton. He died as a result of his injuries one day after the accident. Employee #1 was experienced in disas sembling vertical motors. No causal factors were evident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HIP(S) (14)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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