Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201486156 - Employee injured in fall from pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201486156 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 10/27/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125755710	01/22/2004	7349	561790	Cal Trans

Abstract: On October 27, 2003, Employee #1 was performing maintenance in a highway pump house. At the time of the incident Employee #1 was standing on a 24-inch-diameter pipe attempting to open the pipe's gate valve. The pipe was 4.5 feet off the ground. Employee #1 attached the wrench onto the gate valve, put his left foot on the wall and began jerking the pipe wrench. As a result, Employee #1's right foot slipped off the pipe and he fell to the concrete surface below. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a broken fibula/tibia.

Keywords: WRENCH, FALL, PIPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125755710			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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