OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221373731
HEAT TREATING SERVICES CORPORATION OF AMERICA
PONTIAC, MI·
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by automatic door
Investigation abstract
At 4:45 p.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee was atop the tumbler cabinet performing service and maintenance on the wheel motor of the Wheelabrator Shot Blast Machine. When the Shot Blast Machine cycle ended, the door automatically opened and was crushed the employee between tumbler door and wheel housing. The employee suffered crushing injuries to his chest and trunk and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 519
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