OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262398
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY BUILDING 6
APPLIANCE PARK, KY—
Event description
SLIPPED INTO ROTATING SQUIRREL CAGE FAN
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM ON JANUARY 5, 1985, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ADJUSTING THE FLAME RODS IN THE PRIME OVEN FLAME ROOM. THIS COULD ONLY BE DONE WITH THE CIRCULATION FANS ON. THEY WERE MAKING THEIR FINAL CHECK WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EITHER PULLED INTO OR FELL INTO THE SQUIRREL CAGE CIRCULATION FAN. THE FANS WERE UNGUARDED, AN D HAD BEEN THAT WAY SINCE THEY WERE INSTALLED IN 1957. THE FLAME ROOM IS NOT A R EGULAR WORK AREA. THE TEMPERATURE DURING NORMAL OPERATION IS APPROXIMATELY 360 D EGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE ONLY TIMES THERE ARE EMPLOYEES IN THE AREA ARE DURING PRE VENTIVE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AND WHEN THE OVEN IS BEING REPAIRED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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