OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234751
MORAN PIPE & SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
SEMINOLE, OK·
Event description
TRUCK DRIVER KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING PIPE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 PM ON MARCH 12, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, A 40 YEAR OLD TRUCK DRI EMPTED TO RESET IT. HE ONLY SUCCEEDED IN KNOCKING THE PIPE COMPLETELY OFF THE TR AILER. THE PIPE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON ITS WAY OFF THE TRAILER AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND. THEN THE PIPE FELL ON TOP OF HIM. THE EMPLOYEE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY. VER, AND A FORK LIFT OPERATOR WERE LOADING A FLAT BED TRACTOR TRAILER WITH 13 PI ECES OF METAL CASING PIPE. THE PIPE WAS 40 FEET LONG AND 7 5/6 INCHES IN DIAMETE R. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE TRAILER BED ORGANIZING THE PIPE AS THE FORKLI FT LOADED IT. THE BED WAS COVERED BY 3/4 INCH PLANKS AND HAD FOUR 7/10 INCH STEE L RETAINING PINS. WHEN THE 13TH AND LAST PIECE OF PIPE WAS LOADED IT WAS AT AN A NGLE TO REST OF THE PIPES AND ROLLED TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED. EMPLOYEE #1 KEPT IT FROM ROLLING OFF THE TRUCK WITH A WEDGE BAR. WITH ABOUT 1/3 OF THE PI PE HANGING OFF THE TRAILER, THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR DROVE TO THE LEFT SIDE AND ATT
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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