Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 775924 - Employee killed when struck in chest by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 775924 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 04/16/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107527228	04/16/1992	1542	0	C C I Construction Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107522948	04/16/1992	1794	0	K & M Backhoe Service, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107527285	04/16/1992	1542	0	All American Plumbing & Fire Sprinkler

Abstract: At approximately 12:55 p.m. on April 16, 1992, Employee #1 entered a trench attaching a rigging and shackle to the eye on one side of a backhoe bucket adjustment, as directed by the job foreman, in preparation for placing a concrete pipe into a trench. Employee #1 then placed a gasket on the concrete pipe. As he stepped underneath the pipe, the cast iron ring broke on the bucket adjustment to which the shackle and chain were attached. The pipe fell and struck Employee #1 in the chest, causing traumatic asphyxiation due to chest compression, from which he died.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PIPE, BACKHOE, CHEST, CONSTRUCTION, CONCRETE PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107527228			Occupation Not Listed
2	107522948			Occupation Not Listed
3	107527285	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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