OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444483

WILLIAM H. WHITE JR., INC.

RICHMOND, VA— 1985-06-12T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOST BALANCE, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #3327350
Employer profile: WILLIAM H. WHITE JR., INC.
Summary number: 14444483
Report ID: 355111

Event description

Employee struck and killed by falling pipe

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cutting the metal bands from a bundle of 6 and 10 in. diameter, 21 ft long black steel pipes loaded on a truck. He was standing atop the bundle and had just cut the last of the four bands when the pipes started to roll. He l ost his footing, fell to the ground, and was then struck by two or three pipes a s they came off the truck. Employee #1 suffered a fractured skull and was killed . Causal factors for this accident include Employee #1 cutting the bands from th e bundles while they were still loaded on the truck.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
585

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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