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Accident Summary Nr: 130866.015 - Employee injures head and body when struck and pinned by fal

Accident Summary Nr: 130866.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 11/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500788.015	11/03/2020		238220	Southland Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on November 3, 2020, Employee #1, a fitter employed by a plumbing and mechanical contractor, was working at a new two-story steel and precast data center. The employee was in a scissor lift, assisting with the installation of a 12-inch chilled water carbon steel pipe in the ceiling area. The pipe was being hoisted using two chain falls attached to rigging secured on steel tubing placed on an I-beam flange. During the operation, the rigging slipped off one side of the I-beam flange, causing the pipe to fall onto the concrete floor. The rigging on the opposite side then failed, and the pipe fell onto the scissor lift, striking and pinning the employee. Emergency services transported the employee to a local hospital, where he was admitted and treated for multiple injuries to his head and body.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Falling Object, Head, Independent Contractors, Pinned, Pipe, Rigging, Scissor lift, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1500788.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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