Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 777540 - Employee injured when struck by cap of water line

Accident Summary Nr: 777540 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 11/04/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105596324	11/04/1988	1623	0	Fluor Daniel Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was going to remove a 6 inch cap from a 6 inch pressurized water line so that a valve and fire hydrant could be installed. When he removed one of the wing nuts from one of two all-thread bolts that held the cap in place, the cap blew off, fracturing his chest. He was hospitalized. The employee had worked on another 6 inch line on the main line two days before, and had tested that line before working on it to see if it was under pressure.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HIGH PRESSURE PIPE, STRUCK BY, WATER PIPE, FLYING OBJECT, PRESSURE RELEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105596324			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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