OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14492730
EXCEL CORPORATION
FRIONA, TX—
Event description
EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DE-BONING A SECTION OF THE RIB WHEN HE APPARENTLY PULLED THE KNI FE TOWARD HIMSELF. THE KNIFE EITHER WENT THROUGH HIS SAFETY APRON OR JUST ABOVE IT. THE KNIFE PIERCED EMPLOYEE #1'S AORTA.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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