OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690818
CLEARFIELD CONVEYORS INC.
CLEARFIELD, UT·
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING PIECE OF STEEL TUBING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN SOME 7 INCH BY 40 FOO T SECTIONS OF STEEL TUBING. THE TUBING WAS STORED IN AN OVERHEAD STORAGE RACK, A BOUT 6 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEES PLANNED TO USE A FORK LIFT TO TRAN SFER THE TUBING TO A CART. EMPLOYEE #1 CUT THE CENTER BANDING THAT WAS HOLDING A PACK OF 3 TUBES TOGETHER, THEN CUT THE BANDING AT ONE END OF THE TUBES. THE OUT SIDE PIECE OF TUBING FELL OUT OF THE RACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, PINNING HIM AG AINST THE GROUND AND FRACTURING HIS RIGHT LEG AND KNEE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE MANAG ED TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE USED THE FORKL IFT TO LIFT THE HEAVY TUBING OFF EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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