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Accident Summary Nr: 92959.015 - Worker is struck by falling pipe inside a furnace and sustai

Accident Summary Nr: 92959.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 01/23/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1209070.015	02/08/2017		238140	Thorpe Specialty Services Corp.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on January 23, 2017, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a specialty construction company, were working at a multiemployer project at a refinery. They were installing form boards for a refractory brick inside a furnace unit. Another employee, employed by a different subcontractor, was working 35 feet above Employee #1 when he dropped a metal pipe bell reducer through a floor opening. The pipe struck Employee #1 in the head, neck, and left hand. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a neck fracture and hand wound.

Keywords: Construction, Falling Object, Fracture, Furnace, Hand, Installing, Masonry Wall, Neck, Pipe, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	75

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1209070.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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