OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489462

HEAD,PRESS BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,SKULL,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1985-03-01T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,PRESS BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,SKULL,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14489462
Report ID: 215800

Event description

Employee injured when struck by flying object

Investigation abstract

Five men were using heavy metal castors and a wooden 'joe' bar to move a 4-ton p ress brake. The press brake tipped over and struck a scale. The scale struck the 'joe' bar, causing it to fly through the air and strike Employee #1 on the left side of his head. He was hospitalized with in critical condition with skull inj uries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
22

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
2

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