Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200640522 - Employee killed when crushed by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 200640522 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 03/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300475852	03/12/1997	1623	0	G & J Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and his coworkers were loading pipe onto a flatbed trailer. He was standing between one pipe that had just rolled off the tines of a forklift, and another pipe that was rolling down onto the forward-tilting tines. The second pipe rolled off the tines and struck Employee #1,. He was knocked off the trailer, and the pipe then fell on top of him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: LOADING, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300475852			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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