OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570846
GUARDRAIL,CRUSHED,LOADING DOCK,INATTENTION
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN TRANSFER CAR AND GUARDRAIL
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 11, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE LOADING PLATFO DRAIL ON TWO SIDES AND A WALL ON THE THIRD. FOR SOME REASON, EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE PLATFORM BEFORE THE CAR BEGAN TO TRAVEL. WHEN THE LOADED CAR AUTOMATICALLY BEGAN MOVING TOWARD THE MAIN PLANT, HE WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE CAR AN D THE GUARDRAIL. HE APPARENTLY WAS WATCHING ACTIVITY IN THE YARD BELOW, AND FAIL ED TO HEAR THE LOADING GATES CLOSE. HE DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES. RM OF THE FURNACE AND BATCH DEPARTMENT TRANSFER SYSTEM. HE WAS WORKING ALONE. AS THE SUSPENDED TRANSFER CAR WOULD LEAVE THE LOADING PLATFORM, IT WOULD SLIP, DUE TO INSUFFICIENT TENSION BETWEEN THE CARRIER WHEELS AND THE DRIVE ROLLER. ALL TH E ADJUSTABLE SLACK HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN; NO MORE ADJUSTMENT WAS POSSIBLE. NEW WHEELS HAD BEEN OBTAINED AND WERE ON SITE, AWAITING INSTALLATION LATER IN THE DA Y. TO GET THE CAR TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD TO WAIT FOR THE CAR TO S TOP, THEN REACH OUT 5 TO 8 FEET WITH A PIPE AND "JOG" THE CAR PAST THE RAIL JOIN T WHERE IT WAS HANGING UP. THE TRAVEL AREA ON THE PLATFORM WAS PROTECTED BY GUAR
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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