Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14394670 - EMPLOYEE KLLED AFTER FALL FROM OVERHEAD PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 14394670 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 08/16/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101471613	08/18/1989	2061	0	Cajun Sugar Cooperative, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were installing a two 2-in. water line next to and supported by a 36-in. pipeline. Employee #1 walked up the 36 in. pipe (which came up out of the ground and angled up to a maximum elevation of about 19 ft). Employee #1 straddled the 36-in. pipe while he and his co-worker attempted to thread a 40 ft section of the 2-in. pipe into a mounted section of 2-in. pipe. Employee #1 was lifting up on a rope that was tied to the end of the 2-in. pipe when the other end slipped out of its bracket causing the pipe to knock Employee #1 off of the 36-in. pipe. Employee #1 fell 19 ft onto a gravel roadway to his death. Neither Employee #1 nor the coworker were on scaffolding nor did they have material handling equipment available. Employee #1 was not tied off as he straddled the 36-in. pipe

Keywords: FALL, PIPE, WATER PIPE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101471613			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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