OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400485
LTV AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANY
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX·
Event description
ELECTRICIAN CRUSHED BETWEEN MOVING DOOR AND WALL EDGE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED AS A MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN FOR LTV. HE WAS FATALLY IN JURED WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A MOVING HANGAR DOOR AND THE WALL EDGE. THE EMP LOYEE HAD WORKED AT HIS PRESENT JOB SINCE AUGUST 24, 1987. THE HANGAR DOOR WAS C ONTROLLED BY TWO SEPARATE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THAT WERE NOT INTERLOCKED OR OTHERW ISE DESIGNED SO THAT ONE SYSTEM COULD NOT OVERRIDE THE OTHER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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