OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221458631

TPG PRESSURE, INC.

SOUTH BELOIT, IL· 2021-11-10T00:00:00

Event: Caught Between, Concrete Pipe, Conveyor, Falling Object, Fracture, Pipe, Rib, Roll, Struck By, Walking Surface, Welder, Welding
NAICS: 327332
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345656169
Employer profile: TPG PRESSURE, INC.
Summary number: 221458631
Report ID: 0521400

Event description

Employee suffers rib fractures when struck by concrete pipe

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on November 10, 2021, an employee was working as a welder or a cutter for a firm that manufactured concrete pipe. He was welding a metal strap to both sides of a 20-foot-long (6.1-meter-long) pipe. There were two welding machines in use for this process, one on either side of the pipe. The pipes had been placed on a conveyor that moved the pipes toward a pre-stress wiring machine. While conducting his work, the employee walked in between the pipes instead of around the pipes. As he was between the pipes, a pipe rolled backward off the conveyor and caught the employee between the pipes. The employee suffered broken ribs. He was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
783

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