The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, October 27th 2010 by OSHA representitives in Oceanside, CA which had occured previously at North County Transit District. A Machinery maintenance occupation had been injured when the employee was struck by cover and suffered arm laceration
Accident Date2010-08-30
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 10:20 a.m. on August 30, 2010, Employee #1 and two coworkers we re attempting to inspect the bearings of a fan. They positioned the 215 pound da mper cover of the fan into a vertical position by rotating it on its hinge axis. Due to the weight of the cover, a coworker needed to change his position and re leased the damper cover. The two remaining employees were not able to control th e weight, and before the third employee could get back into position, the cover came down on the arm of Employee #1, causing a depth laceration to his left fore arm. He was transported to a medical center where he was admitted and received t reatment for three days.