OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206254
A M SALVAGE INC
REEDSPORT, OR—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING METAL PIPE
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 14, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM, THE FOREMAN WAS CUTTING A LARGE METAL PIPE LOOSE, USING A CUTTING TORCH, ON TOP OF BOILER #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR, BELOW THE FOREMAN AND IN FRONT OF BOILER #2, CUTTING ON A PIECE OF MACHINERY. THE FOREMAN CUT THE PIPE LOOSE. ONE END FELL TO THE FLOOR. T HE OTHER END ROLLED OFF THE FRONT OF BOILER #1 TOWARD BOILER #2. THE PIPE, 28 FE ET LONG AND 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER, STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. AN AMBULANCE AND THE REEDSPORT CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE OLD CHAMPION SITE, BOILER ROOM, IN REEDSPORT OREGON, WHERE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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