OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #869131
FRACTURE,INSTALLING,ALLERGIC REACTION,FINGER,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CARDIAC ARREST,LACERATION,FLYING OBJECT,HAND
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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