Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 150780.015 - Employee is killed when struck by ruptured pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 150780.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 10/21/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1630227.015	10/21/2022		238110	California Concrete Pumping, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:49 p.m. on October 21, 2022, an employee was using compressed air to remove a blockage from boom pump lines on a Putzmeister Truck-mounted concrete pump. The employee injected gas into the pipe and was beating on it with hammer when the pipe ruptured. The employee was struck by the pipe and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Circulatory Blockage, Clearing, Compressed Gas, Concrete, Concrete Pump, High Pressure, Load Line, Pipe, Pump, Rupture, Struck By, Truck Boom

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1630227.015	48	M	Fatality		Crane and tower operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause:

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