OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660167
OBSTRUCTED EGRESS,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling fan wheel
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a hand grinder operator, had just lowered an approximately 8 ft dia flange width. The fan wheels were not positioned squarely on the support rolls s tand. In addition, the approximately 6 in. diameter support rolls had an undercu t in the center along an 11 in. length to approximately 4 1/2 in. diameter. One flange could have slipped into the recess. In the past, employees had spot welde d angle iron brackets to the frame of the support roll stand in order to prevent less stable wheel(s) from falling over. This procedure had not been followed in this case. meter fan wheel onto a support roller stand, using a Pendant floor-operated cran e. When he came around the side of the wheel to check its positioning, it tipped toward him. Employee #1 started to run, but was blocked by a steel scrap box th at had been placed approximately 2 ft from the roller stand the day before. Cons equently, he was hit in the back by the fan, pinned against the top edge of the scrap box, and killed. Though several employees were working approximately 20 ft away from the accident site, only one person saw the wheel fall over the fan wh eel. The fan wheel is supported across the rollers along only 19 in. of overall
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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