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Accident Summary Nr: 14414015 - EMPLOYEE DIES WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Accident Summary Nr: 14414015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 08/07/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108765660	08/08/1991	1629	0	J.P. & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 7, 1991, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING TO STRAP PVC PIPE INTO THE BED OF A FLATBED TRUCK AT A WORKSITE INSIDE THE OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL PLANT. A LOAD OF 8-INCH DIAMETER PVC PIPE HAD BEEN UNLOADED FROM THE TRUCK USING CHAIN SLINGS ATTACHED TO THE BUCKET OF A CATERPILLAR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR, MODEL EL240. THE MACHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TRUCK UNLOADING OPERATION. THE EXCAVATOR OPERATOR TURNED THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND CAB AND PINNED EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FATALLY INJURED. NO BARRICADE OR WARNING SYSTEM WAS EMPLOYED IN THE UNLOADING AREA.

Keywords: PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT, PIPE, FLATBED TRUCK, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108765660			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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