OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393078
CAMERON IRON WORKS INC
VILLEPLATTE, LA—
Event description
STRUCK BY FLYING TEST CLAMP
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 8, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:40 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DOING SOME HYDROSTAC TIC TESTING OF AN ADAPTER SPOOL IN A ENCLOSED TEST AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE ENCLOSED TEST AREA WHILE THE TEST WAS UNDERWAY (UNDER PRESSURE). THERE WAS A FA ILURE OF ONE OF THE TEST CLAMPS, WHICH WAS UNDER ABOUT 200 POUNDS OF PRESSURE. T HE CLAMP FLEW OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE RIGHT CHEST AND HEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 797
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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