OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14514053
GUARDRAIL,UNSECURED,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN HEAVY MILL ROLL AND GUARD RAIL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNLOAD A 50,000 POUND MILL ROLL. THE MILL ROLL WAS LOCATED AT THE SIDE OF A TRANSFER CAR. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE LIFT CABLES ON THE MILL ROLL, THE TRANSFER CAR TIPPED. THE MILL ROLL SLID TO THE DOWNHILL SIDE, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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