OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511158
H.B. ZACHRY CO
JEWETT, TX—
Event description
FELL FROM PIPE RACK
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 31, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE W M. BOTH SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. ORKING ABOUT 28 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL, INSTALLING SHOES ON A FIBERGLASS PIPE ON A PIPE RACK CROSS BEAM SUPPORT. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TIED OFF TO THE RACK STR UCTURE, OR OVERHEAD PIPES, WHEN LAST SEEN. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE LEFT THE IMMEDIATE WORK AREA TO OBTAIN NEEDED TOOLS. APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MINUTES LATER, EMPLOYE E #1 WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON THE GROUND UNDER THE FIBERGLASS PIPE WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER. HE DIED OF MULTIPLE FRAC TURES AND CONTUSIONS OF THE HEAD. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND IT WAS REPORTED THA T HIS SAFETY BELT WAS IN PLACE ON HIS BODY AND THE LANYARD WAS WRAPPED AROUND HI
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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