OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569552
EMPIRE ELECTRIC COMPANY INC
MCMINNVILLE, OR·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY STEEL SHAFT IN STEEL MILL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2, ALONG WITH OTHER WORKERS, WERE EMPLOYED AS ELECTRICIANS ON ANT, AS PART OF A RELATED PROJECT. THIS ALLOWED THE AIR BRAKE WHICH HAD HELD THE COUNTERWEIGHTS IN A VERTICAL POSITION TO RELEASE. THE COUNTERWEIGHTS HAD BEEN I NADEQUATELY SECURED AGAINST FALLING, AND THE WORK SITE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED FO R HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN A STEEL MILL. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE EMPLOYE ES WERE INSTALLING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN A PIT LOCATED BENEATH THE COOLING BED PORTION OF THE ROLLING MILL. WITHOUT WARNING, A HORIZONTAL SHAFT, WITH ATTACHED COUNTERWEIGHTS, RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE PIT, ROTATED 90 DEGREES TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE SHAFT BRIEFLY PINNED ONE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN A COUNTERWEIGHT AND THE WALL, AND STRUCK THE OTHER. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE BACK. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A BRUISED LEG. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AI R PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR THE ENTIRE MILL HAD BEEN BLED, FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE PL
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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