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Accident: 14484141 - Crushed By Metal Piping

**Accident: 14484141 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 10/22/1985**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100217611	10/23/1985	1711	Treadwell Corp.

ON OCTOBER 22, 1985, AT APPROXIATELY 5 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 UNHOOKED A SECTION OF SUPER HEATER ELEMENT FROM THE CRANE HOOK WHILE STANDING INSIDE A METAL DUMPSTER. THE HEATER ELEMENT, PLACED IN A VERTICAL POSITION, WAS COMPOSED OF 2 INCH OUTSIDE DIAMETER PIPE, WAS APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET WIDE, 9 FEET LONG, AND WEIGHED 1,000 POUNDS. FIVE OTHER SECTIONS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE DUMPSTER IN A VERTICAL POSITION BY THE DAY CREW. AS EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED TO LEAVE THE DUMPSTER, ONE SECTION OF ELEMENT FELL OVER, KNOCKING HIM DOWN. TWO MORE SECTIONS THEN FELL ON HIM, CRUSHING HIS CHEST.

Keywords: chest, crushed, pipe, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	100217611			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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