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Accident: 14463954 - Impaled By Falling Piece Of Pipe

**Accident: 14463954 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/02/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
14747158	08/28/1984	5153	Early Daniel Co Inc Beechgrove Plant

ON AUGUST 2, 1984, AT APPROXIMATLY 8:40 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON A WOODEN STRAIGHT LADDER, APPROXIMATLY 15 FEET IN THE AIR. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOOSENING A 1 INCH GALVINIZED PIPE JOINT WITH A PIPE WRENCH. A 20 FOOT SECTION OF THE PIPE ABOVE HIM CAME LOOSE FROM THE SIDE OF THE GRAIN BIN AND FELL, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER. THE PIPE ENTERED HIS BODY AT THE LEFT SHOULDER AND EXITED THROUGH HIS LOWER ABDOMEN, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: chest, impaled, pipe, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	14747158			Fatality	Puncture	Industrial machinery repairers

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