OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708941
M S I TESTING INC
MURRAY, UT·
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN STEEL TUBE CASINGS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO X-RAY TEST A GIRTH SEAM WELD ON A STEEL TUBE CASING LONG AND WEIGHED 23,000 POUNDS. . HE STEPPED BEHIND AND BETWEEN TWO OTHER CASINGS TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE X- RAYS. HE WAS ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE SEAM BEING TESTED. SUDDENLY, ONE OF THE TWO CASINGS HE HAD STEPPED BETWEEN ROLLED OFF ITS CRIBBING TOWARD HIM. HE WAS STRUCK AND CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN THE TWO CASINGS. THE SUPPORTS HOLDING THE CASING I N PLACE HAD PROBABLY BEEN LOOSENED EARLIER WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BUMPED INTO AN I DLE CRANE WHICH STILL WAS ATTACHED TO THE CASING. OTHER EMPLOYEES AT THE WORKPLA CE SAID THAT ALL THE PROPER CASING SUPPORTS WERE IN PLACE AND APPEARED TO BE SEC URE. THE CASINGS, MADE OF 3/4 INCH STEEL, WERE SIX FEET IN DIAMETER, FORTY FEET
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 689
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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