OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421911

HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,GRAIN BIN

1988-12-15T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,GRAIN BIN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14421911
Report ID: 728900

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

#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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