OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422877

HEAD,WORK RULES,FALL,STRUCK BY,DOOR,UNSTABLE POSITION

1989-02-10T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WORK RULES,FALL,STRUCK BY,DOOR,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14422877
Report ID: 729700

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

#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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