Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14217517 - STRUCK IN FACE BY CROW BAR

Accident Summary Nr: 14217517 -- Report ID: 0150900 -- Event Date: 03/31/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2589620	03/31/1986	4941	0	City Of Middletown Water & Sewer Department

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MONITORING A 16 INCH WATER LINE DURING AN 80 PSI WATER TEST. BRACKETS HOLDING THE PUMP STATION TO A BASE SLAB BROKE UNDER LOAD, ALLOWING THE PUMPING STATION TO BE LIFTED UP. WHEN THE PUMP STATION MOVED, A CROW BAR RESTING AGAINST IT WAS DISLODGED. THE CROW BAR FELL AGAINST EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED NOSE, MINOR FACIAL LACERATIONS AND FACIAL CONTUSIONS.

Keywords: FRACTURE, NOSE, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FACE, CONTUSION, PRY BAR, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2589620			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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