OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594127
CYLINDER,PRESSURE VESSEL,EXPLOSION,POINT OF OPERATION,CONCUSSION,PRESS
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
Two employees were cleaning Number 45 mechanical press prior to set-up. None of the controls were turned off. Employee #1 was in the point of operation, hammeri ng on something when the piston of the air cylinder blew up. The pressure pad st ruck Employee #1 in the chest and head, knocking him approximately 5 ft into the air and out of the press. He died a short time later in the local hospital from the injuries he sustained.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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