Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130362.015 - Employee sustains forehead contusions when struck by flying

Accident Summary Nr: 130362.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1497495.015	10/16/2020		238340	Ruggeri Marble And Granite, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on October 10, 2020, an employee working as a tile setter for a tile contractor was setting tile over an11-inch-high irrigation pipe. The employee was holding a piece of tile with a hole cut out that he was placing over the irrigation pipe. The irrigation line carrying domestic water was constructed of 3/4-inch copper and rated at 60 pounds per square inch (psi). The line had been pressurized with air by the plumbing contractor while the employee was standing over the line. The metal cap blue off the pipe and struck the employee in the forehead. The employee was hospitalized to treat a contusion to his forehead.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Contusion, Flying Object, Forehead, Head, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Installing, Irrigation Pipe, Metal, Metal Pipe, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Plumbing, Residential Construction, Tile, Unsafe Position, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1497495.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Tile setters, hard and soft	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause:

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