OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484299

V A W OF AMERICA INC.

ELLENVILLE, NY· 1986-10-30T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, BENCH OPERATOR, STRUCK BY, COMMUNICATION, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #17812967
Employer profile: V A W OF AMERICA INC.
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 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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