OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14392914
CRUSHED,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,OIL WELL SERVICING,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING WASH PIPE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A FLOOR HAND ON A WORKOVER RIG, WAS INJURED WHEN FOUR EMPLOYEES WER E HAND LOADING A 4 1/2 INCH (OUTSIDE DIAMETER) WASH PIPE ONTO A FLAT BED TRUCK. ONE JOINT HAD ALREADY BEEN LOADED ONTO THE TRUCK. THE SECOND JOINT WAS RAISED BY THE EMPLOYEES, BUT NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE REAR OF THE FLAT BED. THE JOINT OF PIPE ALREADY LOADED SHIFTED AND FELL ACROSS THE BODY OF EMPLOYEE #1. HE LATE R DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES HE SUSTAINED WHEN THE PIPE STRUCK HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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