Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202446969 - Employee Struck Head Against Pipe During Maintenance Work

Accident Summary Nr: 202446969 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/21/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310600796	10/24/2007	8062	622110	Valley Health System

Abstract: On June 21, 2007, Employee #1, a maintenance person, sustained an acute intracranial hemorrhage when he struck his head on overhead piping as he was preparing to conduct repair work on a drain line. The employer's facility is a hospital. Employee #1 stated that on the day of injury he was assigned to go to Chiller Room #1 to repair a leaking overhead line to an autoclave. Employee #1 was climbing the ladder and maneuvering his way through the close proximity of overhead pipe locations when he struck the right side of his head on an overhead two-inch fire line pipe. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, HEMORRHAGE, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, PIPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310600796			Hospitalized injury	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance

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