OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437560
EJECTED,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STEERING WHEEL
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by pot carrier
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:45 p.m. on June 16, 1988, Employee #1 was operating a pot car rier. He left the furnace area and was traveling to the dump area. When he arriv ed at the top of the dump area, he started to turn the machine to position it to the dump location and the steering locked. The machine traveled over the outer edge of the pile. It is not known if Employee #1 jumped out or was thrown off th e machine. He was found midway down the slag pile. Employee #1 died of massive c rushing injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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