OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565360
ALLIED AIRCRAFT SALES INC
TUCSON, AZ—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING STEEL PLATE
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 20, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 3 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A LOADER, CLA OWARDS THE FORKLIFT, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS SITTING IN THE OPERATOR'S SEA T, IN THE CHEST. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED APPROXIMATELY 18 MINUTES LATER. RK MODEL 75B, SER# 443E108CB, WITH A 72 INCH UNITOOL BRAND, MODEL LF, LOG FORK A TTACHMENT. A 25 FOOT, SEVEN INCH RAKE WAS ATTACHED TO THE FORKLIFT FORKS. THIS R AKE IS USED TO REMOVE SLAG FROM AN ALUMINUM RECOVERY FURNACE. THE FURNACE IS 20 FEET IN DEPTH AND 10 FEET IN DIAMETER. WHILE HE WAS RAKING SLAG OUT OF THE FURNA CE, EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE FORK CARRIER ATTACHMENT AGAINST THE BOTTOM EDGE OF A STEEL PLATE HEAT SHIELD. THE STEEL PLATE, WHICH MEASURED 12 FEET BY 8 FEET AND A HALF INCH IN THICKNESS, WEIGHED 1940 POUNDS. IT WAS LOCATE D RIGHT ABOVE THE OPENING OF THE FURNACE. THE PLATE FELL AWAY FROM THE FURNACE T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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