Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170243596 - Employee killed when struck by rolling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170243596 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 12/07/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115273849	12/09/1996	1799	0	Lous Irrigation Welding Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on December 7, 1996, Employee #1, age 17, was attaching slings to 60 ft sections of metal pipe to be unloaded by a crane from a flatbed delivery truck. The crane boom suddenly slipped and struck a pipe on the truck, which began to roll and knocked Employee #1 off the truck. The pipe continued to roll off the truck, crushing Employee #1. He was killed. This operation was being conducted in heavy rain.

Keywords: STORM, WORK RULES, SLIP, CRUSHED, FALL, OFF LOADING, PIPE, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	115273849			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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