Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200742252 - Employee Crushed When Side Boom Machine Rolls Over

Accident Summary Nr: 200742252 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 09/15/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310522867	09/17/2007	1623	237120	Precision Pipeline, Llc

Abstract: On September 15, 2007, Employee #1 was operating a side boom machine to lift a section of 30-inch natural gas pipe. The machine was sitting on steep grade, approximately 32 degrees, when it lost stability and flipped over. Employee #1 was not wearing his seat belt and fell out of the control seat. He was killed when the machine crushed him as it rolled downhill.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, PIPE, STRUCK BY, CRANE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310522867			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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