Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14206254 - STRUCK BY FALLING METAL PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 14206254 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 05/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15027618	05/16/1985	1795	0	A M Salvage Inc

Abstract: ON MAY 14, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM, THE FOREMAN WAS CUTTING A LARGE METAL PIPE LOOSE, USING A CUTTING TORCH, ON TOP OF BOILER #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR, BELOW THE FOREMAN AND IN FRONT OF BOILER #2, CUTTING ON A PIECE OF MACHINERY. THE FOREMAN CUT THE PIPE LOOSE. ONE END FELL TO THE FLOOR. THE OTHER END ROLLED OFF THE FRONT OF BOILER #1 TOWARD BOILER #2. THE PIPE, 28 FEET LONG AND 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER, STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. AN AMBULANCE AND THE REEDSPORT CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE OLD CHAMPION SITE, BOILER ROOM, IN REEDSPORT OREGON, WHERE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

Keywords: CHEST, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15027618			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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