OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512206

WORK RULES,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,METAL PIPE,TRUCK DRIVER,UNSTABLE POSITION

1987-09-08T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,METAL PIPE,TRUCK DRIVER,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14512206
Report ID: 523310

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling metal pipe

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a truck driver, was unstrapping a metal pipe on his truck. When the last binding was removed, the pipe rolled off the truck, crushing and killing h im.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
16

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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