OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692178
JACK KENNEDY WELDING & FABRICATION
CHESAPEAKE, VA·
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
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#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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