OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434161
HAWAII INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING INC
WAIANAE, HI·
Event description
Employee injured when caught between sling and 12 in. pipe
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were in an approximately 7 ft deep by 4 ft wide by 14 from the designated signaler to raise the bucket. The signaler in the trench den ied giving such a command. ft long trench connecting a 4 ft long by 16 in. diameter nipple with an attache d 90 degree elbow to a previously installed 16 in. water main. A 12 in. water ma in was located about 2 ft above the 16 in. water main. A 10 ft long by 1/2 in. d iameter wire rope choke-type sling was used to rig the 16 in. water main. The sl ing was laid under the 12 in. water main and looped onto the hook of a backhoe b ucket. When the backhoe operator raised the bucket, Employee #1 became caught be tween the wire rope sling and the 12 in. water main. The operator did not know t hat Employee #1 was between the sling and pipe and claimed that he saw a signal
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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