Accident: 119947984 - Injured When Struck By Flying Steel Piece

At approximately 5:15 p.m. on October 24, 2000, Employee #1, a hammer helper, was working in the foundry shop. He was forging and processing a steel ingot when he was struck by a flying piece of steel and sustained a serious neck laceration. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for five days.

neck, laceration, struck by, flying object

Accident: 955823 - Killed When Head Struck By Flying Object

Employee #1 and a coworker were re-aligning the carriage sled on a container trailer. As they did so, a socket attachment on the wire rope used on the truck winch became hung up under pressure. Employee #1 began striking the carriage with a sledge hammer. At that point, the wire rope released and flew through the air with the socket assembly. It struck Employee #1 on the back of the head, killing him.

trailer, hand tool, wire rope, flying object, head, struck by, maintenance, struck against

Accident: 119948511 - Mechanic Injured When Split Rim Assembly Explodes

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on July 25, 2000, Employee #1, a heavy equipment mechanic, was working in the maintenance yard. A split rim wheel assembly exploded during tire inflation and he sustained a fractured right arm and wrist. Employee #1 was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for 36 hours.

mechanic, flying object, fracture, arm, inflating, restraining device, explosion, work rules, struck by, multipiece rim wheel

Accident: 14258842 - Injured When Struck By Flying Door

Employee #1 was cleaning up in front of a mercury retort unit. A fire inside the unit increased the interior pressure and the door blew off its hinges, striking Employee #1. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. Heavy aliphatic hydrocarbons were found in two metal vessels within the retort unit.

struck by, pressure vessel, door, cleaning, flying object, fire, high pressure, pressure release, unsecured, work rules

Accident: 119901411 - Injured When Struck By Nail From Nail Gun

At approximately 12:55 p.m. on February 15, 2000, Employee #1 was seriously injured when a nail discharged from a nail gun into his left knee. He was hospitalized for two and one-half days.

struck by, portable power tool, knee, flying object, puncture

Accident: 119957843 - Foot Injured When Nail Gun Discharges

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 30, 1999, Employee #1 was reaching for his nail gun when it discharged a 16-penny nail into his left foot. He was hospitalized for three days.

puncture, foot, portable power tool, struck by, flying object, work rules

Accident: 126008770 - Killed When Struck By Post-Tensioning Device

On August 12, 1999, Employee #1 was operating an Owatonna post-tensioning device, model B, serial # 333487D, at 5,600 psi on a concrete slab. He was releasing the pressure on the 1/2 in. cable that ran through the concrete slab when the concrete fractured and the post-tensioning device lost its base footing. Employee #1 was bending over the device when it jackknifed up and struck him in the head. Although he was wearing a hard hat, he was killed. Causal factors of the accident were (1) the failure of the concrete, despite the fact that it had been strength-tested and was apparently strong enough to tolerate this operation; and (2) the improper position taken by Employee #1 in leaning over the device, which placed him in the danger zone should the machine fail.

concrete slab, struck by, flying object, equipment failure, head, work rules, construction, clearance

Accident: 120277686 - Eye Punctured By Flying Nail

On August 11, 1999, Employee #1 was using a shovel-like scraper to remove roofing shingles and materials from the roof of a commercial building at a construction site in Descanso, CA. As he did so, a nail popped up and struck his right eye, puncturing his cornea and lens. Employee #1 was not wearing suitable eye protection for this type of work.

construction, roof, shovel, struck by, flying object, eye, puncture, ppe, work rules, hand tool

Accident: 740621 - Sawyer Injured When Board Kicks Back

On July 29, 1999, Employee #1, a sawyer for a manufacturer of wood trusses, was using a short 2-by-4 to stop a web saw blade that was winding down. The board caught a bolt head on the blade and was kicked back. It struck him in the abdomen and knocked him down. Employee #1 sustained internal bleeding, for which he was hospitalized.

sawyer, blade, caught by, kick back, struck by, board, abdomen, work rules, flying object

Accident: 519157 - One Killed, Two Injured When Wheel Explodes

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on July 23, 1999, Employees #1 through #3 were removing the left front tire on a Clark 35,000 lb capacity forklift to get to the inside flat tire of the dual-wheeled vehicle. They had all removed but two of the wheel-retaining clips when the multi-piece rim wheel exploded. Employee #1 was thrown 15 ft and sustained head injuries; he was transported to the hospital, where he died. Employees #2 and #3 were thrown 14 ft and sustained extensive facial and skull lacerations and fractures.

industrial truck, tire, pressure release, multipiece rim wheel, struck by, explosion, fracture, longshoring, restraining device, flying object

Accident: 126008762 - Leg Injured When Struck By Swinging Pipe

On July 21, 1999, Employee #1 was in a 6 ft deep excavation helping to guide a section of 12 in. diameter by 20 ft long PVC water pipe being lowered into the excavation using a Case 580E backhoe. The employer was operating the backhoe, and the pipe was attached to the backhoe bucket with slings; Employee #1 and a coworker were guiding the pipe with tag lines. The employer lowered the pipe faster than anticipated or desired, apparently because of the position of the backhoe's boom. The pipe jerked and lowered faster than the coworker with the tag line could control its movement. The pipe swung around excessively and struck Employee #1, fracturing his femur, injuring his neck, lacerating his head, and bruising his chest. Causal factors of the accident were the employer's failure to maintain control of the pipe while it was being lowered, and the workers being too close to the pipe as it was being lowered. Employee #1 was both experienced and well-trained.

construction, excavation, clearance, communication, fracture, lost control, struck by, flying object, head, work rules