OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887547
FAN BLADE,REPAIR,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,WORK RULES,FOREHEAD,MECHANIC,STRUCK AGAINST,TRUCK,INATTENTION
Event description
Mechanic injured by walking into fan blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a truck mechanic, was repairing a leaky roof on a van body style tr uck. He was working on top of the vehicle at a height of 12 ft 2 in. As the job was nearing completion, the employee stood up and began walking over to retrieve some pop rivets when he walked into a fan blade. He was knocked down on the roo f and sustained a wound on the forehead.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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