Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #868935

CRUCIBLE SPECIALTY METALS

Event
BLOOD CLOT, STEEL, CRUSHED, FOOT
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101310027
Employer profile
CRUCIBLE SPECIALTY METALS
Summary number
868935
Report ID
522300

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED FROM CRUSHED FOOT

Investigation abstract

On October 26, 1987, a 1500-pound piece of steel fell on an employee's left foot . The employee died from a blood clot that was directly related to the crushed f oot.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    1
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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