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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221362429

111976 - ROCK HARD COATINGS

Event
Blunt force trauma, Cover, Forehead, Head, High Pressure, Pressure Release, Struck By, Tank
NAICS
238390
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345349286
Employer profile
111976 - ROCK HARD COATINGS
Summary number
221362429
Report ID
0551800

Event description

Employee is struck on head by cover plate and dies from seve

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on May 5, 2021, an employee attempted to remove a cover plate from a pressurized air-media blaster tank. While removing the pressurized cover plate, the cover blasted outward and struck the employee on the forehead. The employee received severe head trauma and was transported to the hospital, where the employee died for these injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    999

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