Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14559074 - PIPE FELL FROM TRUCK, STRUCK AND KILLED EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 14559074 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 08/20/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15260169	08/22/1984	1623	0	The Industrial Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE LEADMAN ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INVOLVING THE LAYING OF A 6 INCH DUCTILE STEEL PIPE WATER LINE. THE WATER LINE WAS TO BE LAID IN A 6 FOOT DEEP TRENCH RUNNING FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST. A SEMITRACTOR TRAILER WITH A FLATBED LOADED WITH PIPE PULLED ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO UNLOAD THE PIPE. THE TRUCK PARKED FACING TO THE WEST. THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE TRAILER ENDED UP BEING 5 TO 6 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 UNHOOKED THE PIPE STRAPPING, FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRAILER, THE TOP TIER OF THE PIPE ROLLED OFF THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE FALLING PIPE.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, PIPE, STRUCK BY, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15260169			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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