OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809889
PLATFORM,FRACTURE,BALER DOOR,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,HYDRAULIC CYLINDER,BALER,STRUCK BY,LEG
Event description
Employee fractures leg when struck by metal door
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on a platform in front of the door on a horizontal bale press, inserting bale wires around a bale of waste. The hydraulic cylinder hold ing the door in place failed. The door sprang open, striking Employee #1 at the waist level and fracturing his right leg.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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