OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470678
HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,OFF LOADING,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee dies after being struck on head by pipe
Investigation abstract
A wall casing was being hoisted from the back of a truck when the threaded cap, which was held by only two threads, came out. The pipe fell 10 feet, striking Em ployee #1 on the head. He died two days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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