OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463954
EARLY DANIEL CO INC BEECHGROVE PLANT
BEECHGROVE, IN—
Event description
IMPALED BY FALLING PIECE OF PIPE
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 2, 1984, AT APPROXIMATLY 8:40 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON A WOODEN STRAIGHT LADDER, APPROXIMATLY 15 FEET IN THE AIR. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOOSENING A 1 INCH GALVINIZED PIPE JOINT WITH A PIPE WRENCH. A 20 FOOT SECTION OF THE PIPE AB OVE HIM CAME LOOSE FROM THE SIDE OF THE GRAIN BIN AND FELL, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER. THE PIPE ENTERED HIS BODY AT THE LEFT SHOULDER AND EXITED THROUGH HIS LOWER ABDOMEN, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 518
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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