OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14383137

ABDOMEN,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION

1987-10-03T00:00:00

Event: ABDOMEN,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14383137
Report ID: 521400

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING CONCRETE PIPE

Investigation abstract

A PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE PIPE WAS BEING LIFTED, IN A VERTICAL POSITION, BY A FORK LIFT. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WANTED THE PIPE TO BE LAID HORIZONTALLY ON THE FLOOR, INS TRUCTED THE LIFT OPERATOR TO LOWER THE PIPE. WHEN THE PIPE HAD BEEN LOWERED ENOU GH SO THAT ITS EDGE CONTACTED THE FLOOR, THE WEIGHT AND BALANCING OF THE PIPE WA S TRANSFERRED FROM THE FORKLIFT TO EMPLOYEE #1. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE PIPE AND IT FELL, CRUSHING HIS ABDOMEN. HE WAS KILLED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
1

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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