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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349062

FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,EXPLOSION,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT

Event
FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,EXPLOSION,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14349062
Report ID
418300

Event description

STRUCK BY FLYING PIECE OF PIPE FROM EXPLOSION

Investigation abstract

AN AUGUST 8, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STACKING 2 X 2 INC H WOODEN BALCONY PICKETS IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING UNDER C ONSTRUCTION. THE PRIME CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES HAD STARTED A RUBBISH FIRE APPROXIMA TELY 50 FEET NORTH OF EMPLOYEE #1'S LOCATION. AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD IN THE FIRE . A PIECE OF GALVANIZED PIPE, ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER AND EIGHT FEET, THREE INCHES LONG, WEIGHING SEVENTEEN POUNDS, WAS THROWN FROM THE FIRE AND STRUC K EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BACK. THE PIPE PASSED COMPLETELY THROUGH HIS BODY, KILLING HIM.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    18
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    5
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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