Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was performing a pipe count while a pipeline contractor was unloading steel pipe at a staging yard. The contractor was preparing to set a pipe segment (12 diameter) on the top row of a pyramid-shaped stack using an excavator. The contractor was making his final adjustments before setting the pipe when the injured employee (Enbridge Inspector) went to get label information from one of the pipes in the stack. The pipe stack shifted as the contractor began to position the pipe, and the bottom piece (42 feet long and 2,083 pounds) rolled onto the injured employee s lower left leg, trapping the employee underneath it. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of his tibia and fibula and he required surgery.
An employee was using his left hand to push an axle down the line on a raised track work area while holding the remaining axle back with his right hand. A finger on his right hand was caught between the rail and the dust guard of the axle, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.
An employee was moving metal out of a cart. He had removed one piece and was working to move another when the metal shifted. His right ring finger was crushed between the two pieces, and he suffered a partial amputation to the finger pad at the tip.
A load of steel angles was being lowered when the lifting chain hit the load, causing it to slide toward an employee. An angle slid and pinched the employee, catching both of their legs between the beams and an angle. The employee suffered two fractured legs.
Employees were replacing a 24" pig trap door. A strap was shackled on the pig trap door and connected to a forklift. Welders began to cut the door off. An employee was holding onto the door when the cut was finished. The door shifted and caught his fingers, resulting in a hand injury and amputation.
An employee used a crane to set down a bar. The bar measured 9 inches by 16 feet. The strap got stuck under the bar, and the employee asked another employee to jog the roll. The bar rolled and pinched the injured employee's left hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.