Toolbox Talk Guide: Millwright Fatality Involving a Hydraulic Accumulator

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  Our safety talk today is about a 61-year-old senior millwright who died while taking a hydraulic accumulator apart. The victim had 32 years of experience. Two other employees were injured in this incident. The victim was taking the hydraulic accumulator apart to rebuild it. The accumulator and instructions on the rebuild kit had warning labels to release the pressure on the accumulator. A step in the disassembly process was skipped and pressurized nitrogen gas remained in the accumulator. While the victim was slowly removing the cap from the end of the accumulator, the cap flew off the cylinder and hit the victim in the abdomen and pelvis. He died from severe blood loss. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Compressed Gases Hydraulic Equipment Milling Industry
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• 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:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067417
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2015 Dec; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Toolbox talk guide: millwright fatality involving a hydraulic accumulator
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c65297c0e9934d00cc6fcc3c589ec306749310cc508a826b3a06cef6fbb505550b8f80f73018f8b482b674061bacdebb47903c5180f597bcffa0f3d3f91a689
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229165/cdc_229165_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 160.44 KB ]