Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 707067 - PRESSURIZED DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 707067 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 06/23/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18813170	08/21/1986	8062	0	University Of Md., Medical Systems Corp.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLOSING THE OUTSIDE DOOR ON THE MEDICAL LOCK OF A HYPERBARIC CHAMBER. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, AND EMPLOYEE #1 DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT OCCURRED. IT IS LIKELY THAT EMPLOYEE #1 TURNED ON THE AIR PRESSURE TO THE MEDICAL LOCK HATCHWAY BEFORE THE DOOR WAS FULLY CLOSED. THE DOOR CLOSING PIN WAS HELD BY FRICTION ONTO THE DOOR BRACKET ENDS UNTIL A BUILD-UP OF INTERIOR PRESSURE OVERCAME THE FRICTION. THE DOOR SUDDENLY BURST OPEN, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS LEFT LEG, RIGHT FOOT AND ABDOMEN.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, DOOR, PRESSURE RELEASE, FOOT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18813170			Hospitalized injury	Other	Registered nurses

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