OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671503
HEAD,UNSECURED,PIPE,STORAGE RACK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,STORAGE AREA
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
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#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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