Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14495295 - STRUCK BY FALLING PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 14495295 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 11/08/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
842542	11/21/1984	1389	0	Gilbert Pipe Reconditioning Co

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING EMPLOYEE #2 UNLOAD A TRUCKLOAD OF 16 INCH PIPE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS EMPLOYED BY ANOTHER COMPANY AND WAS WORKIMG OVERTIME. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OFF WORK AT 4:30 PM. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND HAD DISCONNECTED THREE OF THE FOUR CHAIN BOOMERS, RELEASING THE REAR OF THE LOAD OF PIPE. THE FRONT CHAIN BOOM WAS NOT RELEASED. THE LOAD OF PIPE SHIFTED. EIGHT 16 INCH BY 20 FOOT LENGTHS OF PIPE FELL OFF THE TRUCK, STRIKING EMPLOYEES ONE AND TWO. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONONCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED AND IS STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE. HE SUSTAINED MANY INJURIES AND FRACTURES. THE TRUCK TRACTOR WAS A GMC CABOVER, PULLING THE TRAILER FLOAT LOADED WITH PIPE.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	842542			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	842542			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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