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Accident Summary Nr: 170700306 - EMPLOYEE DRAGGED DOWN INCLINE WHEN SAFETY LINE BREAKS

Accident Summary Nr: 170700306 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/13/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119934347	09/14/1993	1629	0	Asi-Rcc Little Rock Dam

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 OF ASI-RCC, INC., IN BUENA VISTA, COLORADO, WAS CUTTING THROUGH THE LAST OF THREE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PIPES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO A VERTICAL SUPPORTING PIPE AT A VALVE PLATFORM. WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE LAST HORIZONTAL PIPE, THE VERTICAL PIPE TO WHICH HIS SAFETY LINE WAS ATTACHED BROKE LOOSE AND DRAGGED HIM DOWN AN INCLINE, EVENTUALLY THROWING HIM INTO A MUD SUMP AT THE BASE OF THE INCLINE. THE VERTICAL PIPE WAS IMBEDDED IN A CONCRETE BASE WHICH EMPLOYEE #1 BELIEVED TO BE SECURE.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, LANYARD, FALL, PIPE, TIE-OFF, MUD PIT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119934347			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters

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