OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #972067
HEAD,LOSS OF BLOOD,MOUTH,OVEN,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,DOOR
Event description
Employee dies when struck by flying oven door
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:58 a.m. on November 30, 1989, Employee #1 was passing in fro nt of the burn out oven to read the temperature gauges. The door blew off, strik ing the employee in the left side of the head and body and throwing him 15 to 20 feet to the asphalt. He suffered visual damage to the left side of the head and severe bleeding from the head and mouth. Paramedics worked on Employee #1 and t ransported him to the local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 789
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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