OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394514
ELECTRIC MOTOR,REPAIR,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HIP,INATTENTION
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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