OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14330328
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION-BETH FORGE DIVISION
BETHLEHEM, PA—
Event description
STRUCK BY COAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK BY A COAL LARRY CAR WHICH WAS OPERATING ON A COKE OVEN OP ERATION. THE OPERATOR'S VIEW FROM THE CAB WAS OBSTRUCTED. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED M ULTIPLE FATAL INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2, WHO OPERATED THE LARRY CAR, SUFFERED NERVOU S DISORDERS AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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