OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #639583
FAA TECHNICAL CENTER, AVN 350
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN FLOOR & HANGAR DOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FEEDING 2700 ELECTRICAL LINE THROUGH A PERSONNEL SERVICE DOOR IN A LARGE AIRCRAFT HANGAR DOOR WHILE IT WAS BEING CLOSED. HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT H IS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE HANGAR DOOR AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR (2" OPENING). HIS FO OT WAS CRUSHED AND HIS LEG BROKEN. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES. AT THE TIME OF THE A CCIDENT AN INTERLOCK SYSTEM ON THE SERVICE DOOR WAS NOT WORKING.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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