Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134619.015 - Pipe cap strikes employee causing fractured leg

Accident Summary Nr: 134619.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1515680.015	02/19/2021		236220	Archer Western

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on February 18, 2021, Employee #1 was working for an institutional and commercial contractor. Employee #1 was working in an excavation. A cap blew off a pipe striking Employee #1. Employee #1 suffered a fractured leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Excavation, Flying Object, Fracture, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Leg, Overpressure, Pipeline, Pressure, Pressure Piping, Struck By, Trench, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1515680.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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