Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201523024 - Employee Is Struck by Pipe, Fractures Face

Accident Summary Nr: 201523024 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 05/23/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109176404	06/05/2007	1623	237110	John J. Brennan Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: The crew was in the process of flushing and cleaning a recently installed 8-in. water main. Employee #1 opened a 2-in. saddle valve assembly on one end of the pipe while his coworker went to the other end of the pipe and opened a blow-off valve to assist with the water flow through the pipe. The coworker attempted to contact Employee #1 to see if everything was going okay (they were out of sight of each other) and received no answer. The coworker returned to the other end of the pipe to find Employee #1 on the ground, unconscious and the saddle valve assembly broken off the water main. Employee #1 sustained multiple facial lacerations, fractures and a subdural hematoma in the accident. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, PIPE, STRUCK BY, WATER PIPE, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109176404			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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