OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #687616
WARREN ENGINEERING CO.
GARRETTSVILLE, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by tipping unit
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were positioning a top-heavy piece of machinery onto floor bolts with the use of jacks and cribbing. Employee #1 was on his knees adj usting the jack at one end when the unit tipped and crushed him to death. The un it weighed about 9,000 lb and was 10 1/2 ft long by 2 1/2 ft wide by 6 ft high. The jack in use was a 20 ton hydraulic Heinen-Werner, which showed no evidence o f defect. The causal factor was the absence of any manner of securing the unit a gainst tipping while it was raised on a jack.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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