Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170341317 - Employee is killed in fall from tipped-over pipelayer

Accident Summary Nr: 170341317 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 11/02/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109356063	11/03/1991	1623	0	Utility Constructors Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 suffered a fatal crushing injury after he fell from tipped-over side boom pipelayer equipment. Employee #1 was operating the equipment down a 42 percent grade hill on a right-of-way road, transporting a 63-foot long, 24-inch diameter steel pipe suspended by the side boom. At approximately 500 feet down from the top of the hill, the backend started to tip upwards, went straight up, and then tipped over. When the equipment went over the top of the side boom, it fell over to the right side of the road. The equipment continued to tip over and tumble 50 to 75 feet down the embankment.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, UNEVEN GROUND, BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, PIPE, SLOPE, CRANE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109356063			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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