Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14521389 - Employee Crushed To Death Disassembling Machine With Torch

**Accident: 14521389 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/22/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100134428	10/22/1986	1795	Midwest Steel & Alloy Corp.

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING UP PARTS OF A MACHINE FOR SALVAGE. WHEN HE CUT A SUPPORTING SECTION THE TOP PART OF THE MACHINE FELL ONTO HIM, CRUSHING HIS CHEST. THE EMPLOYEE FAILED TO PLAN THE OPERATION SO THAT ALL CUT PARTS WOULD BE SUPPORTED WHEN THEY WERE CUT.

Keywords: chest, work rules, construction, torch, crushed, struck by, cutting and burning, inattention

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	100134428			Fatality	Fracture	Welders and cutters

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