Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170716492 - Employee injured when struck in back by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170716492 -- Report ID: 0950626 -- Event Date: 08/01/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111946299	11/26/1991	7389	0	Pacific Inspection, Co.

Abstract: On August 1, 1991, Employee #1 was part of a crew assigned to inspect the drilling pipe at the Nabors Loffland Drilling Company's yard. At approximately 8:15 a.m., a Nabors Loffland worker was delivering six pieces of 30 ft long by 5 1/2 in. diameter steel drilling pipe to the inspection rack without securing the pipe and ensuring that all persons were in the clear. The coworker was driving his forklift over a bumpy area when the outer section of pipe fell off the forks and struck Employee #1 in the lower back. He sustained injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: UNEVEN GROUND, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, BACK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, COMMUNICATION, WORK SURFACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111946299			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Inspectors, testers and graders

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