OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525505

U.S. FOUNDRY & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

MIAMI, FL· 1987-01-19T13:30:00

Event: REPAIR, UNSECURED, BLOCKS, MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101719755
Employer profile: U.S. FOUNDRY & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Summary number: 14525505
Report ID: 418800

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER DESCENDING HYDRAULIC FRAME

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM ON JANUARY 19, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, AN ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN, WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REPAIRING A LEAKING HOSE FITTING ON THE PU NCH OUT AND FRAME HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BODY OF AN AUTOMATIC MOLDING MACHINE. HE AN D A COWORKER ENTERED THE PUNCH OUT AREA OF THE MACHINE WITHOUT BLOCKING OR SECUR ING THE ELEVATED MACHINE FRAME. WHEN THEY RELEASED THE CYLINDER HYDRAULIC PRESSU RE, THE FRAME FELL, KNOCKING ONE WORKER ASIDE, BUT CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE MACHINE FRAME AND THE PUNCH OUT ANVIL. HE WAS KILLED. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD WORKED FOR THE COMPANY 5 YEARS, AND HAD WORKED AT HIS CURRENT JOB FOR 3 YEARS. THE ACC IDENT HAPPENED AT THE U.S. FOUNDRY & MANUFACTURING CORP., BUILDING LOOP 4.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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