OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822734
COVER,FOREHEAD,MECHANIC,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT
Event description
Employee injured when struck by cover
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:00 a.m., Employee #1, a construction mechanic, was about to r forehead. Employee #1 did not lose consciousness but thought he had lost part o f his head. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he received stitches and was released. Apparently, one of the two ears had broken off the cover. (The cover was no longer on the site at the time of the inspection.) eplace an air brake diaphragm on the right front wheel of an FMC hydraulic crane (Serial #45G9-991D). This could have been done without disturbing the spring ho using, which would set the brake if air pressure was lost. The employee noticed that the two-bolt clamp that secures the spring cover was loose on one side, and he thought it was unsafe to work on the diaphragm without tightening the clamp. He also decided to tighten both nuts equally. He took a few turns down on the l oose side and then backed off the tight side a few turns before going back to ti ghten the loose side. The cover flew off and struck him in the right side of his
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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