Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14444483 - Employee struck and killed by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 14444483 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 06/12/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3327350	06/12/1985	1711	0	William H. White Jr., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was cutting the metal bands from a bundle of 6 and 10 in. diameter, 21 ft long black steel pipes loaded on a truck. He was standing atop the bundle and had just cut the last of the four bands when the pipes started to roll. He lost his footing, fell to the ground, and was then struck by two or three pipes as they came off the truck. Employee #1 suffered a fractured skull and was killed. Causal factors for this accident include Employee #1 cutting the bands from the bundles while they were still loaded on the truck.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOST BALANCE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3327350			Fatality	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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