OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399711
JAMES C. PHILLIPS WELDING SERVICE, INC.
LONE STAR, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY METAL DOOR
Investigation abstract
Three employees were welding on large curtain box assembly for top of electric a oor killing him. rc furnace. The 44-in. by 20ft doors were opened to allow a crane to make a pick from furnace area below. While waiting for crane, the welding crew leaned out o ver a waist high rim of the end door to watch a crew working in the furnace belo w. While employees #1 and two co-workers were observing the operation, the door on the west side had been opened mechanically by solenoid action and held in pla ce by the air pressure on the cylinder. Over approximately 20 to 30 minutes late r the available air to the cylinder leaked off and the door subsequently slammed shut, crushing Employee #1 between the ledge (rim of door area) and bottom of d
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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