Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170841829 - Employee Dies When Struck By Spinning Pipe Wrench

Accident Summary Nr: 170841829 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 09/26/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125614206	09/27/2000	1794	0	Underground Construction Co, Inc.

Abstract: A directional drilling machine was being used to bore a 130-foot-long trench to be used for a water line. At the time of the accident, the end pipe section was being added to the water pipe by two employees using a pipe wrench. The pipe wrench spun out of control and both employees were struck in the head. Both employees were injured, one fatally.

Keywords: WRENCH, HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH DIGGER, PIT, STRUCK BY, WATER PIPE, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125614206			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Other
2	125614206			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Other

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