OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818237
WIRE ROPE,PIN,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,PIPE,STRUCK BY,MANHOLE
Event description
Employee killed when struck by a manhole pipe
Investigation abstract
Two employees were in a trench when a 235 Caterpillar backhoe was placing a ceme nt manhole into position. The wire rope or pins supporting the load slipped out and the load struck Employee #1, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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