Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200460723 - Employee injured when struck flying metal pipe cap

Accident Summary Nr: 200460723 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 05/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302921192	05/12/2000	1611	0	Modern Continental Constuction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were removing a 6 in. end cap from a 6 in. pipe that was attached to an air compressor that they believed was shut off. The air pressure in the pipe caused the cap to be blown off, striking Employee #1 and knocking him into an adjacent excavation. He sustained serious injuries, for which he was hospitalized. The air compressor was turned on at the time of the accident, creating 120 psi air pressure within the pipe.

Keywords: AIR PRESSURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HIGH PRESSURE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, PRESSURE RELEASE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302921192			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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