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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692178

UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,PIPELINE

Event
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,PIPELINE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
692178
Report ID
355112

Event description

Employee killed when crushed against pipeline

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on February 7, 1986, Employee #1 and coworkers were b etween line #3 and line #4 of a pipe being welded. The 30 in. pipes were 50 ft l ong and were being welded into 500 ft sections. Chocking on line #3 pipe came lo ose, crushing Employee #1 against pipeline #4 and killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 47 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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