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Accident Summary Nr: 14381685 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY RICOCHETING BOLT

Accident Summary Nr: 14381685 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 07/16/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103304309	07/17/1992	3531	0	Caterpillar, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT HIS NORMALLY ASSIGNED JOB IN THE BUILDING. EMPLOYEES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLANT WERE DISMANTLING A FORGE LINK PRESS WHEN A BOLT 11 INCHES LONG BY 2 3/4 INCHES WIDE AND WEIGHING 9 POUNDS SHEARED OFF. THE BOLT TRAVELED A STRAIGHT LINE TRAJECTORY FOR 109 FEET, DROPPING FROM A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 12 FEET TO 2 1/2 FEET. IT STRUCK A HEAVY GAUGE CABINET, RICOCHETED TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, AND THEN RICOCHETED UP TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.

Keywords: HEAD, BOLT, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103304309			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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