Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170841126 - Employee injured when struck by plastic water pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170841126 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 07/14/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125595645	07/20/2000	1623	0	Ghilotti Construction Co

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were using a backhoe to dig a trench in a ravine of a new golf course to install a 24 in. plastic water line. Employee #1 had entered the trench to check the grade when he was struck by a section of the pipe. He sustained a fractured collarbone and a collapsed lung. The pipe should have been placed further away from the trenching operation.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, FRACTURE, LUNG, INSTALLING, COLLARBONE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125595645			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Other

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