OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #802538
CRUSHED,HYDRAULIC PUMP,LUBRICATING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY ROLLING STAND
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was changing out a gear lube pump on Rolling Mill Number 1, Stand Nu mber 9. Production employees came in and began adjusting the in and out position of a stand that required cutting on a large hydraulic pump, which moves the sta nds up and down. Stand Number 9 and another stand share the same hydraulic syste m. When the system engaged for the other stand, Stand Number 9 fell on Employee #1 and killed him. The hydraulically-angled rolling stand was not locked in its up right position.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 539
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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