OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503577

MIDWEST ROAD BORING

KANSAS CITY, KS· 1987-05-28T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, OFF LOADING, PIPE, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #106030133
Employer profile: MIDWEST ROAD BORING
Summary number: 14503577
Report ID: 729700

Event description

Employee killed when head crushed by falling pipe

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was unloading 20 ft lengths of a 24 in. pipe from a truck. When the "boomer" was released, a pipe or pipes rolled off the truck and crushed his head . He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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