OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690925
CHEST,FRACTURE,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
HEAVY METAL PIPE FELL ON EMPLOYEE, CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A LONG HAUL TRUCK DRIVER, WAS HELPING AN EMPLOYEE OF OREM CITY UNLO ISTANCE AND FOUND HIM LYING ON THE GROUND WITH THE 700 POUND PIPE ON HIS CHEST. HE DIED FROM MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING NUMEROUS BROKEN RIBS, A SEVERED SPINE AND CRUSHED LUNGS. AD SIGNAL-LIGHT ARMS FROM THE BED OF A TRAILER. THEY HAD UNLOADED 9 OF THE ARMS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE 8 REMAINING POLES. THE OREM CITY EMPLOYE E (A FORKLIFT OPERATOR) PLACED THE FORKLIFT FORKS UNDER AN ARM AND RAISED IT ABO UT 2 FEET OFF THE TRUCK BED. THE ARM WAS BOWED SO THAT ITS ENDS REMAINED ON THE TRAILER. THE HEAVY END (THE FRONT) FELL OFF THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER OF THE TRAILE R, CAUSING THE REAR (LIGHT) END TO JERK UP. EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER HELD ONTO, OR WAS STRUCK BY, THE LIGHT END OF THE ARM AS IT ROSE. HE FELL OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF T HE TRAILER ALONG WITH THE LIGHT ARM. THE LIFT OPERATOR WENT TO EMPLOYEE #1'S ASS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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