Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14486971 - STRUCK IN HEAD BY FLYING OBJECT

Accident Summary Nr: 14486971 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 09/02/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100511526	09/02/1993	4911	0	Consolidated Edison Of New York

Abstract: Four electric utility employees were unseating a valve to a boiler circulating pump. The valve had been stuck for a number of days. They attempted to force the valve open using come-alongs to apply tension to the manual valve wheel while the system was under pressure. While they were checking the valve, it violently failed; and pieces of the valve operating mechanism flew out the back of the valve. One of these pieces struck one of the four employees in the head, killing him.

Keywords: STUCK, LOCKOUT, VALVE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100511526			Fatality	Fracture	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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