Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200750149 - Employee killed when crushed by falling press

Accident Summary Nr: 200750149 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/29/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121911812	09/30/1997	3544	0	Ram Products, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were removing a leaky O-ring from an Accurate Manufacturing hydraulic Press, serial #1362-90. To better access the bottom of the press, they had set it on four steel blocks. Employee #1 was lying on the floor in front of it, using a wrench to dislodge a bolt from the pipe that contained the leaking O-ring, when the 8,000 lb press fell on top of him. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: REPAIR, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, HYDRAULIC PRESS, FALLING OBJECT, PRESS, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	121911812			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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