Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14559090 - STRUCK BY FALLING PIPE.

Accident Summary Nr: 14559090 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 12/11/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3357084	12/18/1984	9199	0	Carbon County Road And Bridge Department

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING A COWORKER AND A TRUCK DRIVER UNLOAD A TRAILER LOAD OF PIPES. AFTER REMOVING THE CHOCKS FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LOAD, EMPLOYEE #1 CROUCHED BEHIND THE TRAILER TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY THE PORTION OF THE PIPES PROTRUDING BEYOND THE END OF THE TRAILER. HE THEN MOVED TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK. A SECTION OF PIPE WAS UNEXPECTEDLY JARRED LOOSE FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LOAD. IT FELL OFF THE TRAILER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS HE MOVED PAST THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. THE PIPE FORCED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE GROUND AND CONTINUED TO ROLL AWAY FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND OVER EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD.

Keywords: HEAD, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3357084			Fatality	Fracture	Surveyors and mapping scientists

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