OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494256
BARNETTE PRESTO LINE INC
SUNDOWN, TX·
Event description
STRUCK BY PIPE FALLING FROM TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 CRAWLED UNDER A TRUCK AND TRAILER WHILE A FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS LOAD ING THE TRAILER WITH 16 INCH DIAMETER, 50 FOOT LONG POLYETHYLENE PIPE. WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AND TRAILER, ONE OF THE POLYETHY LENE PIPES, WEIGHING 965 POUNDS, ROLLED OFF THE TRAILER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 O N THE LOWER PART OF HIS BODY. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF HIS INJURIES ON FEBRUARY 11, 1 986.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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