Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201088648 - Employee Is Injured While Testing Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201088648 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306365743	03/19/2007	0161	111219	Higard Farms

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on October 4, 2006, Employee #1 was a farm laborer at Higard Farms. He was pneumatically testing a 12-in. diameter aluminum irrigation pipeline. He pumped up the pressure in the pipeline with a portable air compressor, which he left connected and running. Air was pumped through a plug at the end of the line as Employee #1 walked alongside the pipe. Employee #1 returned to the end and was injured when the clamp securing the plug let go and the metal plug struck him in his abdomen. He was hospitalized at U.M.C. in Fresno, CA, for unspecified injuries.

Keywords: COMPRESSED AIR, TEST EQUIPMENT, PIPE, STRUCK BY, IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306365743			Hospitalized injury	Other	Farm workers

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