OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14410039
DYNASTY TRANSPORTATION, INC.
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
Employee struck and killed by falling pipes
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was helping to load and unload 20-in.-diameter steel pipe from a low boy trailer. Eight joints of pipe up to 15 ft long had been loaded, secured with 2-in. by 4-in. and 4-in. by 4-in. wood sections, and tied down with chains and binders. As the chains were being unhooked, two joints of pipe rolled off the tr ailer, striking and killing Employee #1. Pipe stakes had not been used because o f the trailer's design.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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