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Accident Summary Nr: 171951.015 - Employee dies of head trauma when struck by flying tapper to

Accident Summary Nr: 171951.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 11/15/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1788690.015	11/16/2024		221210	Coserv Gas, Ltd.

Abstract: At 5:57 p.m. on November 15, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a natural gas distributor was working with two coworkers in an excavation. The crew was tapping into the current pressurized gas line to add additional lines. While tapping the line, the employee was struck in face by a piece of tooling from the equipment. The employee died from head trauma.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Face, Flying Object, Head, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Installing, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal Pipe, Natural Gas, Pipeline, Pressure, Projectile, Struck By, Undrgrd Installation, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1788690.015	23	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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