OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707067
UNIVERSITY OF MD., MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
PRESSURIZED DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLOSING THE OUTSIDE DOOR ON THE MEDICAL LOCK OF A HYPERBARIC CHA MBER. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, AND EMPLOYEE #1 DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT OCCURRED. IT IS LIKELY THAT EMPLOYEE #1 TURNED ON THE AIR PRESSURE TO THE MEDICAL LOCK HAT CHWAY BEFORE THE DOOR WAS FULLY CLOSED. THE DOOR CLOSING PIN WAS HELD BY FRICTIO N ONTO THE DOOR BRACKET ENDS UNTIL A BUILD-UP OF INTERIOR PRESSURE OVERCAME THE FRICTION. THE DOOR SUDDENLY BURST OPEN, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND CAUSING INJURIE S TO HIS LEFT LEG, RIGHT FOOT AND ABDOMEN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 95
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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