Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170569222 - Employee killed when run over by side boom pipe handler

Accident Summary Nr: 170569222 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 07/28/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124596701	07/28/1995	1623	0	Mountain Pipeline Const. Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were attempting to retrieve a truck from over a hill using a side boom pipe handler. The truck was pulled onto a steep service road. Employee #1, the operator of the pipe handler, got off the side boom, and left the engine running and in reverse. The engine died and rolled downhill and over Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: VEHICLE IN GEAR, BRAKE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, UNMANNED, RUN OVER, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124596701			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters

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