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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801597

FRACTURE,INADEQUATE MAINT,UNSECURED,JAMMED,BACK,STRUCK BY,DOOR

Event
FRACTURE,INADEQUATE MAINT,UNSECURED,JAMMED,BACK,STRUCK BY,DOOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
801597
Report ID
454510

Event description

Employee killed when struck by garage door panel

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on an overhead door panel that had been hit and jammed i n such a way that it would not go all the way down to the floor. When he walked under the bent and damaged door, it fell, striking him and breaking his back. Em ployee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    523
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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