OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423487
EJECTED,EYE,HEAD,PPE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CHIPPER,SCRAP METAL,STRUCK BY,BRAIN
Event description
Employee killed when flying metal pierces safety goggles
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was feeding wooden pallets into a wood and debris chipper. A piece o f scrap metal was thrown out of the chipper and went through the lens of his saf ety goggles. It struck Employee #1 in the left eye and lodged in his brain. Empl oyee #1 died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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