Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 671859 - Employee Became Entangled In Rotating Head Of Pipe Threader

Accident Summary Nr: 671859 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 12/07/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102001856	01/21/1986	5074	0	General Construction Supply Co

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM ON DECEMBER 7, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING AND THREADING A 3 INCH PIPE ON A PIPE THREADER AS THE SECRETARY WAS CLOSING THE OFFICE. THE SECRETARY WENT TO CHECK ON EMPLOYEE #1 AND FOUND HIM LYING ON THE FLOOR WITH THE MACHINE ON TOP OF HIM, STILL RUNNING. THE EMPLOYEE HAD APPARENTLY GOTTEN TOO CLOSE TO THE ROTATING HEAD OF THE MACHINE AND HAD BEEN PULLED INTO THE MACHINE. HE WAS INJURED AND BLEEDING PROFUSELY. AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. THE EMPLOYEE'S HEALTH CONTINUALLY WORSENED UNTIL HE DIED ON JANUARY 2, 1986. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

Keywords: rotating parts, entangled, inattention

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102001856			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters

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