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Accident Summary Nr: 130981.015 - Employee is struck and killed in air pressure release incide

Accident Summary Nr: 130981.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 11/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1501662.015	11/04/2020		238220	R H Plumbing, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on November 3, 2020, Employee #1, employed by an HVAC company, was working at a customer's commercial facility. He was in the process of removing a coupler and blind from the intake header of an air dryer. The employee did not first relieve the air pressure from the header. When he loosened the coupler bolts, the coupler and blind were propelled off the header by the pressure release. Employee #1 was struck by the flying parts. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Blunt force trauma, Bolt, Couplings, Dismantling, HVAC, High Pressure, Maintenance, Plumbing, Pressure Release, Repair, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1501662.015	55	M	Fatality		Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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