Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170199871 - Employee's leg fractured by falling steel pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170199871 -- Report ID: 0950626 -- Event Date: 06/04/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112125083	08/12/1991	1389	0	Ken Small Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 4, 1991, Employee #1 was working on an 8 in. diameter steel pipeline at the McPherson oil lease in Bakersfield, CA, The pipe angled to his right behind him, resting on a jack stand 3 ft above the ground. The arc of the steel pipeline caused the pipe and the jack stand to fall onto Employee #1's right lower leg, resulting in a compound fracture. He was treated for two weeks at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OIL WELL SERVICING, PIPE, FALLING OBJECT, JACK, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112125083			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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