Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170080253 - Employee crushed to death between reactor and its footing

Accident Summary Nr: 170080253 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 10/19/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123449407	10/20/1994	2895	0	Sid Richardson Carbon & Gasoline, Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers at a carbon black plant were dismantling a 4 foot diameter horizontal reactor made up of 5 foot horizontal sections. The third section to be removed was stuck on rusty bolts. The crane had a strain on the end pad-eye. A coworker got under the next section and was striking the bolts with a maul. Employee #1 got under the suspended end of the reactor section to strike the bolts with a hammer. The section came loose and moved toward the crane, pinning and crushing Employee #1 between the reactor support leg and the reactor footing. Employee #1 was declared dead at the scene of the accident.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, REACTOR, PINNED, STUCK, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BOLT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123449407			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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