OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301444
COLLIER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
LOVINGTON, NM·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY LARGE PIPE
Investigation abstract
A PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION CREW WAS PREPARING TO CONNECT TWO ENDS OF 20 INCH DIAMET ER POLYETHYLENE PIPE BY HEAT FUSION. ONE END OF THE PIPELINE WAS LIFTED INTO THE HEAT FUSION MACHINE BY AN ARTICULATING FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS MANE UVERING THE PIPE WITHIN THE CRADLE OF THE HEAT FUSION MACHINE TO CENTER IT. EMPL OYEE #1 WALKED UP TO THE HEAT FUSION MACHINE AND STOOD NEXT TO THE FORKLIFT OPER ATOR TO WATCH THE PROCESS. THE 20 INCH DIAMETER PIPE, WHICH WAS RIGID FROM THE C OOL TEMPERATURE, SPRANG OUT OF THE MACHINE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD, K ILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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