OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535041
AIR PRESSURE,HEAD,AIR SPRING,STRUCK BY,TRAILER
Event description
STRUCK BY EXPANDING AIR SPRING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE AIR BAGS (SPRINGS). HE HAD REMOVED THE LOWE R MOUNTING BOLTS, BUT HAD NEGLECTED TO RELIEVE THE AIR PRESSURE. THE AIR SPRING EXPANDED DOWNWARD, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED. TH E EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LOADED FLAT-BED TRAILER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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