OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494330
BASIN SALES & SERVICE
MIDLAND, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by sliver from sledge hammer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was holding a 4 pound sledge hammer on the face of a steel shaft. Th e helper struck the small hammer with a 16 pound sledge to drive out the shaft w hen a 1/2 inch sliver from the large hammer struck Employee #1 in the chest. He told the helper that he was not hurt, but he was bleeding internally. He died at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Puncture (18)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- HAND TOOL (MANUAL) (22)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- FLYING OBJECT ACTION (5)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.