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Accident Summary Nr: 170629976 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Falling Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170629976 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 06/21/2001
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12565218006/22/200133120Valley Perforating Co

Abstract: On June 21, 2001, Employee #1, a forklift operator, was unloading steel pipes (20 inches in diameter by 40 feet long) in the pipe yard. He was stacking the pipe in a pipe rack located on the south side of the pipe yard. He had unloaded and racked five of the pipes and was in the process of unloading five additional pipes when, for some reason, he got off of the forklift. While he was standing in front of the racked pipe, the pipe on the forklift rolled off, and onto him. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, UNSECURED, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, PIPE, STRUCK BY, METAL PIPE, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 125652180 Fatality Other Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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