OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14546394
HEART,FRACTURE,BACK,RIB,STRUCK BY,PUNCTURE
Event description
Employee killed when struck by molten metal handling machine
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 29, 1989, Employee #1 was trying to move fro m one location to another when he was struck forcefully in the back by a large m olten metal handling machine. He suffered broken ribs and a punctured heart. He later died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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