Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 92869.015 - Employee's hand is crushed by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 92869.015 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 02/01/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1208160.015	02/01/2017		238220	Amx Cooling & Heating, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on February 1, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a heating and cooling company, was working at a multifamily residential building. He was on the sixth floor and working on a 250-pound, 40-foot long pipe that was being lowered from the 9th floor to the 6th floor. Employee #1 was lining the pipe in preparation, to be welded to another pipe. The pipe slipped down approximately 5 to 6 feet, rolling over Employee #1's hand. The employee's hand was crushed between the pipe and the concrete floor.

Keywords: Caught Between, Crushed, Falling Object, Fracture, Hand, Hoist, Pipe, Residential Construction, Rigging, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1208160.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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