OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516058
FLORIDA MACHINE & WELDING INCORPORATED
BARTOW, FL—
Event description
BUCKETWHEEL UNDER ASSEMBLY FELL APART; EMPLOYEES STRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE INSERTING ROLLER BEARINGS DURING THE FINAL ASSEMBLY OF A BUCKETWHEEL. ONE ROLLER BEARING WAS EVIDENTLY CANTED AND BECAME STUCK. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIGHTLY TAPPED THE BEARING TO FREE IT. WHEN IT WOULD NOT FREE, EMPLOYE E #1 MOVED CLOSER TO GET A BETTER HOLD. SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ASSEMBLY FELL APART. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KNOCKED TO THE FLOOR, LANDING PARTIALLY UNDER THE BU CKETWHEEL ASSEMBLY. HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY PART OF THE BUCKETWHEEL AND KIL LED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS STRUCK ON THE SHOULDER, BACK, RIBS, AND FOOT. HE SUFFERED C UTS, CONTUSIONS, AND 2 BROKEN RIBS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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