Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 90050.015 - Employee struck-by a natural gas pipe and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 90050.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 10/25/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1187749.015	10/26/2016		237120	Willow Creek Companies

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on October 25, 2016, an employee was moving towards a side boom's hook to attach a choker sling. The employee tripped over the skids and dislodged the skid that was chocking the pipe. The employee was killed by a natural gas pipe of 12 inch diameter steel pipe weighing 2,000 lbs.

Keywords: Chock, Crushing, Material Handling, Natural Gas, Rigging, Struck By, Suspended Load

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1187749.015	34	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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