OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764811
ACCURATE STEEL TREATING INC.
SOUTH GATE, CA·
Event description
Employee killed when improperly secured hydraulic door falls
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was checking inside a heat treating oven for leaks. He propped open the hydraulic door with a piece of pipe, leaving the hydraulic pressure still on in the downward position. The pipe slipped and the door fell on Employee #1's h ead, breaking his leg and neck and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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