OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421911
KREFT ERECTION, INC.
BERTRAND, NE·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by pipe
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on December 15, 1988, Employee #1 and the foreman wer e moving an approximately 10 ft long by 12 in. diameter pipe spout through a 19 in. by 19 in. manhole atop a bin of the east grain elevator. A winch cable was w rapped below the collar of the pipe. Most of the pipe had been pulled through th e manhole when a 1 ft long section below the collar became wedged in place. Empl oyee #1 and the foreman were trying to hoist it out with the winch, and as Emplo yee #1 walked around to push it free, the pipe came loose. The collar of the pip e struck him in the head and then the pipe fell on him. Employee #1 sustained se vere head injuries, from which he died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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