Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202087177 - Employee Injured by Falling Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 202087177 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 04/26/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307237735	04/26/2005	1623	237110	Gleason Construction Co. Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in the center of a 24 ft by 4 ft trench box, in a 20-ft-deep excavation, when he was struck on the head by a 15 in. by 13 ft PVC sewer pipe that slipped out of a wire rope sling as it was being lowered into the trench. The pipe fell approximately 10 ft. Employee #1 was rescued by the local fire department and was admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment of contusions and abrasions. At the time of the incident, Employee #1 was wearing a hardhat.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, HEAD, TRENCH BOX, WIRE ROPE, PIPE, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307237735			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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