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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485734

COKE OVEN,CRUSHED,DOOR MACHINE

Event
COKE OVEN,CRUSHED,DOOR MACHINE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14485734
Report ID
213600

Event description

MAN CRUSHED BETWEEN COKE OVEN DOOR AND DOOR MACHINE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cleaning a coke oven door while a maintenance man and Employee # 1's foreman were trouble shooting the oven for a malfunction. Employee #1 was st anding in or near the door's opening and on the side of the door machine. The do or machine was moved, and possibly without activating the warning signal. Employ ee #1 was caught between the coke oven and the opening of the door machine. Empl oyee #1 died after being crushed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 49 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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