OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465629
EXCAVATION,UNSECURED,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,BACKHOE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling pipe
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on or about April 27, 1989, a crew of men were weldi #1 was not needed but stayed o watch the work. The operator of the crawler back hoe had begun to reposition his tractor to continue to dig. The tractor was faci ng toward the pipe with its boom extended. The operator was trying to align the tracks of the backhoe with the imprint left in the dirt when the bucket struck t he pipe, causing the east end of the pipe to bend and swing off of the stand. It struck Employee #1 and pinned him to the ground. He was killed. ng and excavating to lay three approximately 110 ft long 8 ft carbon steel pipes . The excavation was approximately 6 ft deep by 20 ft wide by 40 ft long; the bo ttom of the trench was 10 ft by 30 ft with a 45 degree slope. The one pipe on si te was resting on three or four tripod-type jack stands approximately 3 1/2 ft h igh and Nutal sawhorses 2 to 3 1/2 ft high. The pipe and stands were on top of a pproximately 8 ft wide by 16 ft long by 6 to 8 in. thick sacking mats. Employee #1 had been working in another area and went to the excavation to see if the cre w needed assistance since he had earlier helped prepare the excavation. Employee
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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