OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764464
C & G METAL POLISIHING WORKS
LOS ANGELES, CA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by pipe wrench
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 attached a pipe wrench to the shaft of a wheel polisher to stabilize the shaft while he loosened the end nut. After replacing the end nut, he put a wheel on the shaft for polishing, but failed to remove the pipe wrench. The empl oyee then started the polishing machine. As the shaft began to rotate at 2,735 r pm, Employee #1 stepped into the rotating zone of the pipe wrench. The end of th e pipe wrench struck him in the upper left portion of his chest, killing him ins tantly.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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