OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14427264
THOMPSON PIPE AND STEEL
DENVER, CO·
Event description
Employee dies 6 days after being struck by steel pipe
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was supposed to stop a 15 in. in diameter by 20 ft long section of s teel culvert pipe as it was being moved from a lift onto a flatbed trailer. The 244 lb pipe rolled off the trailer and apparently struck Employee #1. He sustain ed multiple blunt trauma injuries and died 6 days later. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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