OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237002
MISCHER PAVING & UTILITY COMPANY
HOUSTON, TX—
Event description
Employee killed when pinned by falling bowl apron
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was steam cleaning a TEREX TS-14 scraper at the wash rack. The scrap er had been driven into the wash rack by a shop foreman, who had tested the bowl apron (door) to see that it was working properly. He left the apron, which is h ydraulically controlled by levers located in the driver's area, in the UP positi on. Employee #1 walked under the raised apron into the bowl area to start the cl eaning operation. As he was walking out of the bowl, the approximately 2,500-lb apron dropped, pinning him between it and the cutting edge below. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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