OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #869131
MCCARMICK EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
OXFORD, OH·
Event description
Employee dies of anesthesia allergy after job injury
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assisting in the installation of a dock plate power pack compone nt when the threads on a pull rod were stripped. The tension on the spring was r eleased and the installation bar was jettisoned outward, crushing the palm area of Employee #!'s right hand. Employee #1 was transported by Life Squad to McCull ough-Hyde Hospital at Miami University in Ohio, suffering a palm laceration and two broken fingers. He was then transported to Bethesda Base Hospital Cincinnati , Ohio, by Air Care for specialized hand surgery. In preparation for surgery Emp loyee #1 was given a local anesthetic to which he had an allergic reaction. He w ent into cardiac arrest and died. The coroner's report will follow.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HAND(S) (12)
- Accident type
- STRUCK AGAINST (6)
- Source of injury
- HAND TOOL (MANUAL) (22)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
- Environmental factor
- FLYING OBJECT ACTION (5)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.