Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170067672 - Employee injured when struck by plumbing fitting

Accident Summary Nr: 170067672 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 09/29/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119531994	10/13/1992	1711	0	L H Cranston & Sons, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were hooking into existing plumbing in a building. The coworker was unsweating a cap in the existing building. Employee #1 was approximately 6 ft away on the other side of a cement block wall, in the new addition, installing pipe hangers. An 8 in. diameter sleeve was in place in the wall for the pipe to pass through. The coworker doing the unsoldering said he had heated the cap at the valve. Solder was running out of the joint when a loud bang was heard and the end cap went flying. The cap went through the sleeve, striking Employee #1 on the left side of his face while he was lowering himself from the ceiling in the bucket of a portable lift.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, PLUMBING, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119531994			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters

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