Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 851220 - Employee killed when struck by hot castings

Accident Summary Nr: 851220 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 06/11/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101166254	06/13/1988	3398	0	Omega Metal Treating Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:45 p.m. on June 11, 1988, Employee #1 and a coworker were moving a cart of hot castings to a cool area. They had just taken the castings out of the heat treating furnace and transferred them onto a cart with rollers and casters. At one end of the cart, the stop device, a piece of angle iron with one end bolted to the frame, somehow moved down or opened and the castings rolled off onto Employee #1, killing him.

Keywords: UNSECURED, STRUCK BY, HIGH TEMPERATURE, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101166254			Fatality	Concussion	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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