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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484299

WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,BENCH OPERATOR,STRUCK BY,COMMUNICATION,INATTENTION

Event
WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,BENCH OPERATOR,STRUCK BY,COMMUNICATION,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14484299
Report ID
213100

Event description

Employee killed when struck by tong cart

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was struck by the tong cart of a redraw bench drive machine that had been activated by a coworker. Employee #1 was killed instantly.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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