Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170900534 - Employee injured when pulled into pipe threading machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170900534 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126096536	04/14/1997	4961	0	Cal Air Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on March 24, 1997, Employee #1 was threading a 2 in. pipe in a pipe threading machine for a water column of an expansion tank. He was wearing a loose flannel shirt that was not tucked in. The shirt became entangled with the pipe and Employee #1's upper body was pulled into the threading machine. He sustained a scalp laceration, contusion, and nasal fracture, and was transported to Century City Hospital for treatment.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FRACTURE, SCALP, THREADING MACHINE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, NOSE, LACERATION, PIPE, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126096536			Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters

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