Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14301444 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY LARGE PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 14301444 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 03/30/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104705199	03/31/1988	1623	0	Collier Construction Company

Abstract: A PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION CREW WAS PREPARING TO CONNECT TWO ENDS OF 20 INCH DIAMETER POLYETHYLENE PIPE BY HEAT FUSION. ONE END OF THE PIPELINE WAS LIFTED INTO THE HEAT FUSION MACHINE BY AN ARTICULATING FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS MANEUVERING THE PIPE WITHIN THE CRADLE OF THE HEAT FUSION MACHINE TO CENTER IT. EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED UP TO THE HEAT FUSION MACHINE AND STOOD NEXT TO THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR TO WATCH THE PROCESS. THE 20 INCH DIAMETER PIPE, WHICH WAS RIGID FROM THE COOL TEMPERATURE, SPRANG OUT OF THE MACHINE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PIPELINE, PIPE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104705199			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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