Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14232789 - Employee killed when chest crushed by mill

Accident Summary Nr: 14232789 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 09/04/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100780436	09/06/1992	3312	0	Weirton Steel Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was changing a solution hose on the #7 tandem cold roll mill at the #2 stand. The mill was shut down for maintenance and three separate maintenance crews were working in the area that day, but no one had locked out the mill before starting work. Employee #1 had positioned himself in a pinch point to change the solution hose when an employee of one of the other work crews started the hydraulic pumps. The equipment was activated, crushing Employee #1's chest and killing him.

Keywords: CHEST, MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, MILLING MACHINE, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, HYDRAULIC PUMP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100780436			Fatality	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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