Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201043775 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201043775 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 05/19/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312273154	05/19/2008	1799	238910	Contri Construction Company

Abstract: On May 19, 2008, Employee #1 was cutting the bell end of a reinforced concrete pipe. After loosening the cut end from the inside of the pipe, and while he was crawling out of the pipe, the end snapped off, tipped over, and landed on his head. Employee #1 sustained extensive skull fractures, a laceration above his left eye, and a brain hemorrhage. He was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, UNSECURED, CONCRETE PIPE, PIPE, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, CONCRETE, CUTTING AND BURNING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312273154			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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