Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201311461 - Employee Dies When Struck by Falling Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201311461 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 06/30/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308290741	06/30/2005	1623	237110	4 Clean-Up Inc.

Abstract: On June 30, 2005, Employee #1 was struck by a falling section of an 8-ft span concrete sewer pipe, when a sling assembly came loose from the bucket. The pipe was suspended via sling, from the bucket of a backhoe over an open trench, into which the pipe was to be laid. The section of pipe dropped onto Employee #1, pinning him underneath. Employee #1 died after the emergency medical services transported him from the site.

Keywords: HEAD, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, PIPE, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308290741			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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