Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632155 - Employee Pinned Between Pipe Elbow And Rebar Frame

Accident Summary Nr: 201632155 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 09/27/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304618960	09/28/2001	1771	0	Contractors Incorporated

Abstract: September 27, 2001, Employee #1 and a coworker were leveling a 48-inch-diameter pipe elbow that had been tack welded onto a 40-foot concrete-lined sewer pipe already situated in a sloped out trench approximately 15 feet deep. The elbow was facing up and propped up just above an 8-foot by 8-foot concrete slab with 4-inch by 4-inch wood shims under it. The elbow was tack welded with five welds about one inch wide spaced around the perimeter of the pipe. The perimeter of the concrete slab contained a vertical rebar frame about eight feet high that will later be covered with concrete and serve as the base of a new circular waste water treatment pond. Initially, the elbow was found to be about an inch out of level. The workers attached a 2-ton come-along between the top of the elbow and the bottom of the rebar to pull the elbow down into the proper position. As they applied pressure on the pipe with the come-along, the welds broke and the elbow fell over pinning Employee #1 between the elbow and the rebar frame, causing rib fractures and a punctured lung. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, REBAR, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RIB, PIPE, FALLING OBJECT, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304618960			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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