OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423347
CURRENT RIVER DIE SINKING, INC.
DONAPHAN, MO·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN CHEST BY 4 FOOT LONG WRENCH
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20 PM ON MAY 30, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A 4 FOOT LONG WR ENCH TO TIGHTEN A CHUCK. THE CHUCK'S FUNCTION WAS TO HOLD A CUTTING TOOL, WHICH WAS PART OF A VERTICAL MILLING MACHINE. THE WRENCH WAS AT A HORIZONTAL POSITION, CHEST HIGH. THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT, OR SOME OTHER OBJECT, HIT THE START LEVER OF T HE MACHINE. THE MOMENTUM DEVELOPED BY THE WRENCH WHEN THE MACHINE STARTED CAUSED IT TO FLY OUTWARD AT HIGH SPEED AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. EMPLOYEE # 1 DIED OF FRACTURED RIBS AND INTERNAL BLEEDING.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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