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Accident Summary Nr: 119677.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when pipelayer rolls downh

Accident Summary Nr: 119677.015 -- Report ID: 0625500 -- Event Date: 04/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1396400.015	04/26/2019		237120	Holloman Corporation

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on April 24, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a pipeline construction company, was operating a Caterpillar 572R Series 2 Pipelayer, Serial Number KJL00674. The task was to transport pipe uphill using the pipelayer and to lay the pipe inside a previously excavated trench. As the operator was tracking uphill, the load began to swing, because it was not secured with a tag line. When the swing became uncontrollable, the pipelayer lifted off the ground and rolled backward approximately 300 feet. The employee was wearing his seatbelt and stayed in the cab. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of traumatic head injury and multiple bone fractures.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Excavation, Fracture, Head, Installing, Load Shift, Lost Control, Pipe, Pipeline, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rigging, Roll-Over, Seat Belt, Tag Line, Tracks, Traumatic, Trench, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1396400.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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