Safety Alert
Fatality – Worker Struck by Falling Pipe Tub
Fatality – Worker Struck by Falling Pipe Tub
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 12-14
- Dropped ObjectsLine of Fire
- Dropped objectsLine of fire
- RiggingVehicles and driving
- Winch
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Summary
This alert describes a fatal pipe-tub loading incident involving two adjacent trucks. A tub slid sideways during winching and fell off the trailer when the driver slackened the winch. It struck the second driver in the chest while he was securing items to another tub; he later died.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
IADC Alert 12-14. Themes: dropped objects, line of fire.