Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125898460 - Employee's ankle fractured by flying pipe coating nozzle

Accident Summary Nr: 125898460 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125898460	12/14/1998	3272	0	Ameron International Water Transmission Group

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on August 21, 1998 , Employee #1, a laborer for Ameron Concrete and Steel Pipe Group, was removing a 530 lb nozzle from a pipe coating machine. The nozzle was forcefully ejected from its mounting, striking and fracturing his right ankle. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to Kaiser Hospital, where he was treated for eight days.

Keywords: EJECTED, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, COATING OPERATION, HIGH PRESSURE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125898460			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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