Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14349062 - STRUCK BY FLYING PIECE OF PIPE FROM EXPLOSION

Accident Summary Nr: 14349062 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 08/08/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101883635	08/14/1986	1751	0	Harold Baker

Abstract: AN AUGUST 8, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STACKING 2 X 2 INCH WOODEN BALCONY PICKETS IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE PRIME CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES HAD STARTED A RUBBISH FIRE APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET NORTH OF EMPLOYEE #1'S LOCATION. AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD IN THE FIRE. A PIECE OF GALVANIZED PIPE, ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER AND EIGHT FEET, THREE INCHES LONG, WEIGHING SEVENTEEN POUNDS, WAS THROWN FROM THE FIRE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BACK. THE PIPE PASSED COMPLETELY THROUGH HIS BODY, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, EXPLOSION, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101883635			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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