OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722306
ACME STEEL COMPANY
RIVERDALE, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a larry-car operator on top of a coke oven, regularly cleared coal that became stuck in the distribution hoppers above the larry-car. This involved climbing up on top of the larry-car volumetric and "rodding" the upper bin chut es with a long pole until the coal would free. On the day of the accident, the e mployee was leaning over the lower volumetric, rodding the upper chute when the larry-car moved out of position. Employee #1 was crushed between the lip of the volumetric and the bin chute of the next bin. Employee #1 died as a result of mu ltiple crushing injuries. Failure to lockout the larry-car and immobilize it wit h wheel chocks were the causal factors directly relating to the event.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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