OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14339154
MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC
COWANS FORD, NC·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed under steel pipes
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was leveling sand in a 3 ft wide, 42 in. deep trench that ran parall el to a concrete wall that was being poured. Two 6 in. steel pipes 5 ft above hi m were cribbed at ground level. A truck crane operated by another firm was carry ing a bucket of concrete on a 45 ft. boom. The crane tipped over and its 11,000 lb load struck the pipes, causing them to collapse. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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