Fabricator killed by ruptured hydraulic press fitting

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE) ; Oregon Health & Science University. Oregon Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET)
• Description:
  On July 14, 2004, a 20-year-old male metal fabricator was killed while setting up a 5,000 lb hydraulic press to punch holes in metal stock to assemble cattle head gates. The fabricator was replacing the punch on the press for the current job, and placed the cylinder in its maximum return position to install the new punch. With the increase in pressure, a welded fitting attached to the hydraulic cylinder burst and impaled the fabricator near the collarbone. The victim was alone in the shop at the time of the incident, but was discovered within a half hour by his employer, lying on the floor. Medics arrived and found the victim dead at the scene. Recommendations: 1. Points of operation and all pressurized hoses should be guarded on a hydraulic press. 2. Employers should ensure that all equipment is manufactured and maintained in a safe, operable condition. 3. Adequate training should be provided to machine operators and fabricators, to include hazards associated with the equipment, safe operating procedures, equipment inspections, and locking out of hazardous energy sources.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction-equipment Construction-workers Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators Machine-shop-workers Machine-tools Metal-industry Metal-industry-workers Metal-workers OSHA Region 10 Training Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04OR015
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030171
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-111428
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 04OR015, 2006 Mar ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Department of Human Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2002/09/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7033fbbf645df124078070f0241815c77737349cd2c40d1773386909bc96e1aa56ccb4fd9af67b8c23398d850dd40e0fcf19ad5597ab94115292d9971825b65b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166336/cdc_166336_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 209.01 KB ]