Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361581 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Pvc Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201361581 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/31/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304311640	11/01/2001	1629	0	Inland Dredging Company, Llc

Abstract: On October 31, 2001, Employee #1 was assisting in unloading PVC piping weighing approximately 2,000 lbs. Employee #2 was positioned outside the truck on the ground, Employee #3 was occupying a backhoe, and Employee #4 was located in the cab of the PVC pipe delivery truck. Employee #1 was alone on one side of the truck, when the straps and chain holding the pipe were removed and one pipe, approximately 50-ft long, fell off the truck and struck Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CHAIN, PIPE, STRUCK BY, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304311640			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Dredging Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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