OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708552
THE DAVID J JOSEPH COMPANY
PLYMOUTH, UT—
Event description
FRACTURE AND BURNS RESULTING FROM CUTTING ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING UP RAILROAD CARS. HE CUT OFF 1/2 OF AN END (AN OBJECT AP PROXIMATELY 4 FEET BY 8 FEET, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 300 POUNDS). THE CUT OFF EN D FELL ON HIM, TRAPPING HIM BETWEEN THE END THAT WAS LEFT AND THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED PELVIS AND BURNS TO HIS STOMACH AND LEGS FROM HIS C UTTING TORCH. THE BURNS AMOUNTED TO 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS OVER ABOUT 20% OF H IS BODY.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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