Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200554129 - Employee Is Killed When Pipes Shift During Movement

Accident Summary Nr: 200554129 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 11/04/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309081107	11/07/2005	1623	237120	H.C. Price Construction Co

Abstract: At approximately 4:15 p.m. on November 4, 2005, Employee #1 was on a flatbed trailer unloading four pipes. The four pipes had been unstrapped by the truck's driver upon arrival at the site. Each pipe was 40 feet long and weighed 6,180 lb. Employee #1 climbed onto the flatbed and waited for the arrival of the side boom lift to unload the pipes. The foreman at the site told the driver to move the truck forward about 50 feet to offload the pipes. The driver climbed into the cab of the truck and, not knowing that Employee #1 was on the trailer, moved the truck. The movement upset the stability of the pipes, and the unsecured pipes rolled off the trailer, crushing Employee #1 to death.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, UNSECURED, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PIPE, FLATBED TRUCK, UNTRAINED, COMMUNICATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309081107			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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