OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257810

WIRE ROPE,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,CONCRETE PIPE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1984-07-30T00:00:00

Event: WIRE ROPE,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,CONCRETE PIPE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14257810
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee crushed and killed when pipe falls into trench

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working in a trench when a wire rope sling failed, allowing a 30 in. by 12 ft section of concrete pipe to fall into the trench. Employee #1 was crushed by the 5,720 lb pipe and killed. The wire rope broke because it was weak ened; it should have been removed from service.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
599

Human factor
8

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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