OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14452502
CHEST,HEAD,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,FALL,OFF LOADING,PIPE,STRUCK BY,TRUCK DRIVER,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling pipes
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a truck driver, had just brought in a load of pipe that had been re the load is unstrapped. Employee #1 apparently did not follow this procedure be cause he had backed his flatbed down an aisle and a forklift could not fit betwe en the trailer and the pipe that was already stored on the ground. turned by customers. Most of the pipe was still banded together, but there were also ten pieces of loose pipe on the trailer, ranging in size from 14 to 20 ft l ong and from 4 to 15 in. in diameter. Employee #1 was attempting to unload the p ipe from the 40 ft flatbed trailer by himself. As he loosened the last strap hol ding the loose pipe, it rolled off the trailer and landed on top of him. He was crushed between the loose pipe and a stack of metal ductile pipe. Employee #1 di ed of severe head and chest injuries. Standard operating procedure is to obtain a forklift and set the forks under loose pipes to prevent them from falling when
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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