Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201762606 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Water Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201762606 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308591437	04/04/2006	1794	238910	Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:22 a.m. on April 4, 2006, Employee #1, a welder, and a coworker, an assistant, were cutting and plugging a 30-in. steel water line in an excavation approximately 15 ft deep. After a section was cut out of the 30-in. water line, Employee #1 and the coworker finished the welding of the plug on the dead end of the water line. The water flow through the line was reestablished that resulted in a pipe becoming separated and striking Employee #1, killing him. Water began flooding into the excavation site. The coworker was able to exit the excavation without injury.

Keywords: WELDER, PRESSURE PIPING, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308591437			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	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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