OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221605090

BC TRANSPORT, LLC

GARLAND, TX— 2023-10-04T00:00:00

Event: Cutting, Internal Injuries, Pipe, Rolled, Stack, Steel, Struck By, Trailer
NAICS: 484121
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347013278
Employer profile: BC TRANSPORT, LLC
Summary number: 221605090
Report ID: 0626300
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by rolling steel pipe

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on October 4, 2023, an employee was cutting the steel bands holding together a stack of large-diameter corrugated steel drainage pipes. While the employee was at the side of the trailer, one of the pipe sections rolled off the top of the stack and struck the employee. The employee suffered severe internal injuries, resulting in death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7056

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