Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170726327 - Employee's arm fractured when struck by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170726327 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 10/28/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125645242	02/10/1998	1629	0	Uci Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 28, 1997, Employee #1, a general foreman for UCI Construction, was supervising a hole drilling operation at a site in Castro Valley, CA. Employee #1 was kneeling, taking measurements with two coworkers when he was struck by a concrete supply line that fell while being hoisted by a subcontractor. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures of his right arm. The cause of the accident was the subcontractor's failure to warn people in the danger zone before attempting the hoisting operation. No violations of T8CCR by UCI were identified.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, ARM, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125645242			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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