Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512206

NOVAK TRUCKING SERVICE, INC.

Event
WORK RULES, CRUSHED, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, METAL PIPE, TRUCK DRIVER, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101669448
Employer profile
NOVAK TRUCKING SERVICE, INC.
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. #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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