OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557664

WORK RULES,LOAD SHIFT,CRUSHED,PIPELINE,FALL,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1985-11-06T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,LOAD SHIFT,CRUSHED,PIPELINE,FALL,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14557664
Report ID: 653510

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling pipe

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 19, 1985, a pipe laying crew from Ferguso n Construction was helping a pipe haulage crew from Mercury Trucking Company off -load a mixed load of 6 in. and 8 in. steel pipelines. The last strap removed wa s the center of three nylon straps. Employee #1 had turned his back and was roll ing up the strap when the load shifted. Several sections of pipe slipped off and struck him. He was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
599

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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