OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758227
SOUTH SIDE LANDFILL AND TRANSFER STATION
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling steel section
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:40 p.m. on July 5, 1988, Employee #1 was using a cutting torc h to cut and remove steel extensions from the sides of a conveyor. To help preve nt rusting, the conveyor was sitting on blocks of wood above the ground. After E mployee #1 had cut one section of the extensions, the steel fell onto the convey or. As Employee #1 finished cutting the last weld, the steel fell away from the conveyor and on top of Employee #1. Employee #1 was crushed by the steel and als o burned his left arm with the cutting torch. Employee #1 was transported to Met hodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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