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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14380174

DELIVERY WORK,STEEL,UNSECURED,PIPE,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,FALLING OBJECT

Event
DELIVERY WORK,STEEL,UNSECURED,PIPE,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14380174
Report ID
522000

Event description

Truck driver struck and killed by falling pipe

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a truck driver delivering 20 ft pieces of steel pipe, undid the loa d binders on his flatbed trailer. The pieces of pipe were not secure on the trai ler. Consequently, as the last load binder was released, one of the pieces of pi pe rolled off the trailer and struck and killed Employee #1.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    16
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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