OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221558182

ACCURATE MANUFACTURING, INC.

TULSA, OK— 2023-04-14T00:00:00

Event: Chest, Flying Object, Heat Exchanger, High Pressure, Impaled, Lack of Engineering Controls, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Sheet Metal, Struck By
NAICS: 332312
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346639735
Employer profile: ACCURATE MANUFACTURING, INC.
Summary number: 221558182
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee is killed when stuck in chest by flying plug

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on April 14, 2023, an employee working for a structural sheet metal manufacturer was performing hydrostatic testing on an air-conditioned heat exchanger. A plug failed under pressure striking the employee. The employee was killed after being impaled in the chest by the plug.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
1

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