OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851220

UNSECURED,STRUCK BY,HIGH TEMPERATURE,UNSTABLE LOAD

1988-06-11T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED,STRUCK BY,HIGH TEMPERATURE,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 851220
Report ID: 521100

Event description

Employee killed when struck by hot castings

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:45 p.m. on June 11, 1988, Employee #1 and a coworker were mov ing a cart of hot castings to a cool area. They had just taken the castings out of the heat treating furnace and transferred them onto a cart with rollers and c asters. At one end of the cart, the stop device, a piece of angle iron with one end bolted to the frame, somehow moved down or opened and the castings rolled of f onto Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
715

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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