Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114266.015 - Employee installing pipe falls into pit and fractures skull

Accident Summary Nr: 114266.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 03/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1383724.015	03/08/2019		237110	Cubic Water, Llc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on March 4, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a water and sewer line construction company, was installing a pipe for a water/sewer treatment plant construction project. As he leaned on the door to adjust the pipe, he fell. The employee struck the bottom of the pump pit, a fall height of approximately 30 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured skull.

Keywords: Brain, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Installing, Pipe, Pit, Pump, Sewer, Skull, Water

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition			0	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1383724.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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