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Accident: 127392.015 - Two Employees Are Killed In High Pressure Release
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1481339.015 | 06/22/2020 | Ulrich Process Piping, Llc |
At 8:30 a.m. on June 22, 2020, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a piping company , were working at a multi-employer construction project, a three-story food proc essing company. They were adding new pipe to two new, already installed, 14-inc h diameter chilled water lines. The chilled water lines had been pressure-teste d with nitrogen. As Employee #1 attempted to remove the cap from the end of a c hilled water line, nitrogen pressurized to 115 psi was released and struck both employees. Employees #1 and #2 sustained blunt force trauma and were killed.
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, compressed gas, construction, nitrogen, pipe, pressure release, struck by, water pipe
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipeline | New project or new addition | 3 | 30 | X | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1481339.015 | 46 | M | Fatality | Pipelayer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |
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| 2 | 1481339.015 | 25 | M | Fatality | Pipelayer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |