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Accident Summary Nr: 671503 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK ON HEAD BY PIPE FITTINGS

Accident Summary Nr: 671503 -- Report ID: 0523100 -- Event Date: 07/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103976726	07/26/1988	9190	0	Indiana Department Of Corrections

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 (DOC #24741) WAS WORKING THE 2ND SHIFT IN A BOILER HOUSE WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. BOTH WERE OFFENDERS PERFORMING INVENTORY CHORES. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING INVENTORY OF PIPE FLANGES AND FITTINGS IN A 4 BY 15 BY 60 FOOT STORAGE SPACE. ONE PIECE OF PVC PIPE, 13 FEET LONG AND 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER, WAS LEANING AGAINST THE WALL NEAR A PIPE RACK. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE OFFERED TO ASSIST EMPLOYEE #1 IN MOVING THE LEANING PIPE, BUT BEFORE HE COULD GET TO IT, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, TURNED AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 UNDER THE 8 INCH DIAMETER PIPE AND SOME PIPE FITTINGS THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE WALL STORAGE AREA. IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN STRUCK IN THE HEAD AREA BY THE REBOUNDING 8 INCH DIAMETER PIPE AS WELL AS VARIOUS FALLING FLANGES AND FITTINGS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, PIPE, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, STORAGE AREA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103976726			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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