Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201113396 - Employee injured when struck by lumber used as pipe guide

Accident Summary Nr: 201113396 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 08/22/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119939023	08/22/2001	1794	238910	Pacific Aquascape, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on August 22, 2001, Employee #1, employed by Pacific Aquascape, a company engaged in the commercial construction of lakes and waterfalls, was connecting a 36-inch diameter and 20-foot-long pipe to another pipe. A two-inch by six-inch piece of lumber was used as a guide in the connection. Employee #1 was struck by a broken piece from the wooden lumber on his right arm when the backhoe driver misjudged the force of the backhoe on the wooden lumber being used in guiding the connection. Employee #1 fractured his right arm in four places and was in the hospital for two and a half days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUMBER, STRUCK BY, ARM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119939023			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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