OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977207
ANCHOR SWAN CORP
LEXINGTON, TN·
Event description
One employee killed, three injured when struck by steel rack
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #4, all laborers, were working in the area of a 6-ft by 20- ft pressurized vulcanizer (autoclave) when the door or head blew off. The door o r head hit a steel hose rack on the east side, and the rack struck the four work ers. Employee #1 was killed; Employees #2 through #4 were hospitalized with mult iple cuts and lacerations.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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