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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495550

CRUSHED,PIPE,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

Event
CRUSHED,PIPE,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14495550
Report ID
627700

Event description

CRUSHED BY FALLING PIPE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 BROUGHT IN A TRUCKLOAD OF PIPE TO BE RECONDITIONED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS A GMC CAB-OVER, PULLING THE TRAILER FLOAT LOADED WITH PIPE. HELPING EMPLOYEE #1 UNLOAD THE PIPE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CLIENT COMP ANY. EMPLOYEE #2 IS EMPLOYED BY THE RECONDITIONING COMPANY. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WE RE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE TRUCK FLOAT. THEY HAD RELEASED 3 OF THE 4 CHAIN B OOMERS HOLDING THE LOAD OF PIPE WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED. EIGHT LENGTHS OF PIPE, EA CH 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 20 FEET LONG, FELL OFF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS S TRUCK AND KNOCKED AWAY FROM THE FLOAT. SOME OF THE PIPE FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED, BUT DIED FOUR WEEKS LATER WITHOUT REGAINING CONCIOUSNESS. THE TRUCK TRACTOR WAS

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Fatality Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    2

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