OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14545313

CHEST,COKE OVEN,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DOOR MACHINE

1989-12-14T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,COKE OVEN,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DOOR MACHINE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14545313
Report ID: 418300

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES

Investigation abstract

Employee #1stepped from the door machine, which opens doors on coke ovens, to th e platform of the coke box, a car which pulls the hot box into which coke is dum ped from the ovens, while the coke box was moving past the door machine. Employe e #1 was pulled into a 6-in. space and killed, because of his chest injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
779

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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