OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520720
VALLEY STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY
CENTRALIA, IL·
Event description
CRUSHED BY FALLING PIPE SECTIONS
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 24, 1987, AT 10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LEG OF A TWO-LEG WIRE ROPE SLING, CROSSED UNDER A 5/8 INCH ROLLED STEEL PIPE. THE PIPE WA S TACK WELDED, USING EIGHT SECTIONS, INTO A 50 FOOT LONG PIPE. THE DIAMETER OF T HE PIPE WAS 54 INCHES. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PASSED UNDER THE PIPE, TACK WELDS ON 2 SEC TIONS FAILED AND THE PIPE SECTIONS FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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