OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671503

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

PENDLETON, IN· 1988-07-26T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, UNSECURED, PIPE, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, STORAGE AREA
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #103976726
Employer profile: INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Summary number: 671503
Report ID: 523100

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK ON HEAD BY PIPE FITTINGS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 (DOC #24741) WAS WORKING THE 2ND SHIFT IN A BOILER HOUSE WITH ANOTHE ELL AS VARIOUS FALLING FLANGES AND FITTINGS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED. R EMPLOYEE. BOTH WERE OFFENDERS PERFORMING INVENTORY CHORES. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING INVENTORY OF PIPE FLANGES AND FITTINGS IN A 4 BY 15 BY 60 FOOT STORA GE SPACE. ONE PIECE OF PVC PIPE, 13 FEET LONG AND 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER, WAS LEAN ING AGAINST THE WALL NEAR A PIPE RACK. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE OFFERED TO ASSIST EMP LOYEE #1 IN MOVING THE LEANING PIPE, BUT BEFORE HE COULD GET TO IT, HE HEARD A L OUD NOISE, TURNED AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 UNDER THE 8 INCH DIAMETER PIPE AND SOME PI PE FITTINGS THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE WALL STORAGE AREA. IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN STRUCK IN THE HEAD AREA BY THE REBOUNDING 8 INCH DIAMETER PIPE AS W

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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