Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200642122 - Employee Killed When Struck By Falling Culvert

Accident Summary Nr: 200642122 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/25/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303646665	10/25/2001	1623	0	Earth Engineering Div. Bryan Adair

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to set a culvert as part of an underground storm drain system. Employee #1 was standing next to the concrete box culvert that was partly suspended by 2 legs of the 4 legs of a sling. The culvert would not match-up with the previous culvert. The box broke and fell into Employee #1. The pry bar Employee #1 was using to nudge the box into final position was knocked into his chest breaking his sternum bone and causing the bone to pierce his heart. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CHEST, HEART, RIGGING, DRAIN PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, PRY BAR, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		5	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303646665			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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