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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516611

CHEST,PORTABLE POWER TOOL,HEAD,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TANK,INATTENTION

Event
CHEST,PORTABLE POWER TOOL,HEAD,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TANK,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14516611
Report ID
420600

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by falling gypsum

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was inside a settling tank using a Chicago pneumatic chipping hammer to remove a buildup of gypsum (calcium sulfate) from the tank wall. One section of the accumulated gypsum was not attached to the tank wall. As Employee #1 chi pped away at this freestanding gypsum, a piece broke off and struck him on the s houlder. This pushed him to his left and in front of a larger piece of falling g ypsum. The approximately 12 foot long by 10 foot high by 14 inch thick piece wei ghed about 114 pounds per cubic foot. Employee #1 was knocked to the floor and d ied as a result of crushing head and chest injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    6
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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