Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134713.015 - Employee is killed when struck by falling unsecured elevated

Accident Summary Nr: 134713.015 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 04/06/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1524094.015	04/06/2021		311411	Wa317963462 - Columbia Fruit Processing Llc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on April 6, 2021, a coworker loaded welded steel pipe onto a Toyota Forklift. The coworker used the forks to hoist the bulky and unsecured load until the pipe was an inch or more off the ground in order to weld angle iron onto the pipe ends. He had asked an employee to stand by and be available in the event that he needed something (materials, tools, equipment). The pipe then fell, striking the employee in the head and killing him.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Forklift, Head, PPE, Pipe, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Skull, Steel, Struck By, Unsecured, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1524094.015	31	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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