OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606905
ASPHYXIATED,PPE,CLEANING,LACERATION,SCRAP METAL,RESPIRATORY TRACT,STRUCK BY,ANKLE
Event description
Employee dies following heel surgery
Investigation abstract
At 11:15 p.m. on March 6, 1989, Employee #1 was cleaning up metal scrap by his p #1's injury. ress. The scrap was 22 gauge, approximately 2 in. wide by 2 ft long. Although Em ployee #1 was wearing leather work shoes, a piece of scrap metal struck his righ t ankle, severing the Achilles tendon. An operation was performed at 5:00 p.m. o n March 7, 1989. Employee #1 died at 12:15 a.m. on March 8, 1989. An autopsy was performed, and the death certificate states the cause of death as asphyxiation due to esophageal intubation. The ankle injury was not life-threatening. The com pany allows any type of leather shoe. A 5(a)(l) letter recommends excluding leat her tennis shoes; however, this recommendation would not have prevented Employee
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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