Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14542468 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FLYING PIECE OF PRESS BOARD

Accident Summary Nr: 14542468 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 04/20/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101267748	04/21/1988	3612	0	General Electric-Power Delivery

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, AN EXPERIENCED WORKER, WAS RECENTLY TRAINED IN THE OPERATION OF A HYDRAULIC PRESS USED TO PRODUCE LAMINATED PRESS BOARDS. HE WAS OPERATING THE PRESS FOR THE SECOND TIME WHEN HE DID NOT ALLOW THE GLUE BETWEEN THE PRESS BOARDS TO CURE PROPERLY. THE FRESHLY GLUED BOARDS WERE STILL SLIPPERY. WHEN THE PRESS STARTED TO COMPRESS THE BOARDS, THE GLUED SECTION OF THE PRESS BOARD CAME FLYING OUT AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST. THE EJECTED PIECE OF PRESS BOARD WEIGHED 65 POUNDS. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF HIS INJURIES.

Keywords: CHEST, WORK RULES, WOOD PANEL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, HYDRAULIC PRESS, UNTRAINED, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101267748			Fatality	Other	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers

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