OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542468
GENERAL ELECTRIC-POWER DELIVERY
ROME, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FLYING PIECE OF PRESS BOARD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, AN EXPERIENCED WORKER, WAS RECENTLY TRAINED IN THE OPERATION OF A H YDRAULIC PRESS USED TO PRODUCE LAMINATED PRESS BOARDS. HE WAS OPERATING THE PRES S FOR THE SECOND TIME WHEN HE DID NOT ALLOW THE GLUE BETWEEN THE PRESS BOARDS TO CURE PROPERLY. THE FRESHLY GLUED BOARDS WERE STILL SLIPPERY. WHEN THE PRESS STA RTED TO COMPRESS THE BOARDS, THE GLUED SECTION OF THE PRESS BOARD CAME FLYING OU T AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST. THE EJECTED PIECE OF PRESS BOARD WEIGHED 65 POUNDS. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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