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Accident Summary Nr: 101355.015 - Employee is struck by falling pipe and incurs multiple injur

Accident Summary Nr: 101355.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/03/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1276160.015	11/06/2017		237110	Ec Babbert Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on November 3, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a concrete products company, were working at a multiemployer residential construction project. They were installing the base for a pumping station. Coworker #1 was using a sling connected to a truck-mounted crane to lower a 13-foot section of 4-inch ductile iron pipe when the pipe slipped out of the sling and struck Employee #1. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple injuries including fractures to his arm and pelvis. He also had lacerations and contusions to his head and torso.

Keywords: Crane, Falling Object, Fracture, Laceration, Material Handling, Pipe, Pumping Station, Residential Construction, Sling, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1276160.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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