OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422877
TONY'S PIZZA SERVICE
SALINA, KS·
Event description
Employee killed in fall after being struck by overhead door
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing with one foot atop a 10 ft high overhead door, keeping the pressure off the door latch so a coworker could disengage the latch and open the door. After the latch was disengaged, the door rose quickly and either push ed or struck Employee #1. He fell 10 ft, landing head first on the floor; he was killed. Employee #1 had put more winds on the torsion springs after installing a different set of cable drums on the overhead door. It was later determined tha t the wrong size torsion springs had been installed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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