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Accident Summary Nr: 14399471 - FALL INTO OPEN, UNPROTECTED PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 14399471 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 12/06/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1440775	12/11/1984	3321	0	Tyler Pipe Industries Inc

Abstract: ON DECEMBER 6, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:15 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON HIS WAY FROM THE MAIN GATE ENTRANCE OF THE PLANT GROUNDS WHEN HE DECIDED TO TAKE A SHORT CUT THROUGH A BUILDING WHICH WAS THEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS DARK INSIDE THE BUILDING AND EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED RIGHT INTO AN OPEN PIT WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH COVER OR GUARD RAILS. THE CONCRETE PIT WAS 16 FEET DEEP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVED FROM THE PIT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 8, 1984, OF A MASSIVE EMBOLISM THAT BLOCKED 2 MAIN ARTERIES OF HIS HEART.

Keywords: HEART, EMBOLISM, COVER, GUARDRAIL, PIT, FALL, ARTERY, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1440775			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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