Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94441.015 - Employee is struck and killed by falling pipe from truck

Accident Summary Nr: 94441.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 03/30/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1222243.015	03/31/2017		237120	U.S. Pipeline, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on March 30, 2017, Employee #1, a laborer, was strapping down a 30-inch diameter by 49 foot long steel pipe bore casing, weighing approximately 12,000 pounds onto a flatbed trailer. He was attempting to install a strap to secure the pipe on the flatbed trailer. The pipe casing was connected to an excavator with a 16 foot sling and was in the center of the trailer supported by a combination of metal and wood cross bars. Dunnage was not used to stabilize the pipe and it fell off of the trailer onto Employee #1. Employee #1s hips and lower back were crushed and he was killed.

Keywords: Back, Chock, Crane, Crushing, Excavator, Falling Object, Pipe, Rib, Rigging

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1222243.015	57	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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