OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498992
SIPCO SERVICES AND MARINE, INC.
GALVESTON, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by metal coupling
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was handling a paint hose that was pressurized with low air pressure . He was holding the air hose at the end. When pressure was applied, the line be gan to whip and the metal coupling on the hose's end struck Employee #1 on the h ead, fracturing his skull and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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