Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170165740 - Employee drowned when trapped in flooded pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170165740 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/10/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112065628	06/10/1992	1623	0	Calfon Construction Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a welder were performing work inside a section of 27 in. pipeline that was under construction. The welder would weld the pipe joints and Employee #1 would grout the joints. A backhoe that was excavating an area a short distance from the pipe opening struck an existing 8 in. water line, rupturing it; the resultant water flow flooded the line. The welder escaped from the pipe; however, Employee #1 was trapped in the pipe and drowned.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RUPTURE, PIPE, DROWN, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, BACKHOE, WARNING SIGN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112065628			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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