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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221558182

Chest,Flying Object,Heat Exchanger,High Pressure,Impaled,Lack of Engineering Controls,Puncture,Puncture Wound,Sheet Metal,Struck By

Event
Chest,Flying Object,Heat Exchanger,High Pressure,Impaled,Lack of Engineering Controls,Puncture,Puncture Wound,Sheet Metal,Struck By
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221558182
Report ID
0627700

Event description

Employee is killed when stuck in chest by flying plug

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Event type
    1

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