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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12561420609/27/200017940Underground 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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