OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976571
FRANK E IRISH INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
HIT BY FLYING OBJECT - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN CONTROL UNIT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP AN ENFUSION CONTROL UNIT TO FUSE 4-INCH POLYPROPYLENE PIPE. HE MADE THE CONNECTIONS TO THE CONTROL UNIT FOR THE PIPE TO BE FUSED, AND THEN HE PLUGGED THE CONTROL UNIT INTO A 20-AMPERE, 120-VOLT RECEPTACLE OUTLET. HE WENT TO THE CONTROL UNIT TO START THE ENFUSION PROCESS AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE NO READINGS ON THE UNIT AND THAT THE PANEL WAS NOT LIT. HE TURNED THE RESE T KNOB ON THE CONTROL UNIT, AND THE UNIT BLEW APART WITH A LOUD BOOM. THE EMPLOY EE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE AND THE EYE BY THE CONTROL PANEL. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HO SPITAL, WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR EYE DAMAGE AND RELEASED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- EYE(S) (8)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters (585)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- 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.