Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 48987.015 - Employee Is Struck By Pipe Wrench and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 48987.015 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 06/10/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
911425.015	06/10/2013		237990	Kmetz Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on June 10, 2013, an employee was tightening two three inch steel pipes together with a large pipe wrench. The employee did not secure the wrench in place with the backhoe bucket before a coworker, a drill operator, started their equipment which spun the pipe and torque the connection. The employee was struck in the head by the wrench as it came loose. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Drill Collar, Pipe Wrench, Pipeline, Struck By, Wrench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	911425.015	37	M	Fatality		Drilling and boring machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.