Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404084 - Employee killed when crushed by pipe during installation

Accident Summary Nr: 201404084 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 07/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127114239	07/11/2000	1623	0	Kamminga & Roodvoets Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was in a trench installing an 18 ft long water main pipe with an outside diameter of 24 in. The pipe shifted and crushed him against the wall of the trench box. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, UNSECURED, PINNED, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, WATER PIPE, UNSTABLE LOAD

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127114239			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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