OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495550
KARCHMER PIPE & SUPPLY CO
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—
Event description
CRUSHED BY FALLING PIPE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 BROUGHT IN A TRUCKLOAD OF PIPE TO BE RECONDITIONED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS A GMC CAB-OVER, PULLING THE TRAILER FLOAT LOADED WITH PIPE. HELPING EMPLOYEE #1 UNLOAD THE PIPE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CLIENT COMP ANY. EMPLOYEE #2 IS EMPLOYED BY THE RECONDITIONING COMPANY. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WE RE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE TRUCK FLOAT. THEY HAD RELEASED 3 OF THE 4 CHAIN B OOMERS HOLDING THE LOAD OF PIPE WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED. EIGHT LENGTHS OF PIPE, EA CH 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 20 FEET LONG, FELL OFF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS S TRUCK AND KNOCKED AWAY FROM THE FLOAT. SOME OF THE PIPE FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED, BUT DIED FOUR WEEKS LATER WITHOUT REGAINING CONCIOUSNESS. THE TRUCK TRACTOR WAS
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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