Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 963728 - GROUT MIXTURE HIT FACES AND EYES WHEN PIPE COMES APART

Accident Summary Nr: 963728 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/12/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108417239	10/17/1989	1771	0	James/Carman Joint Venture

Abstract: On October 12, 1989, Employees #1 and #2 were working in a tunnel at the bottom of a shaft, which was approximately 70 ft deep and 1700 ft long. Employees #1 and #2 were using the 4-in. polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe to grout around the tunnel pipe. At the time of accident the pipe was being cleaned out by a coworker who was at the top of the shaft. When the pressurized air was sent through the pipe the pipe came apart near the tunnel entrance. The tunnel was 6 ft in diameter. Employees #1 and #2 were standing near the tunnel entrance when the pipe above their heads came apart at the coupling and a grout mixture of sand, water and cement hit them in their faces and eyes.

Keywords: EYE, TUNNEL, CEMENT POWDER, SAND, AIR SHAFT, CONSTRUCTION, PRESSURE PIPING, PIPE, FACE, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108417239			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
2	108417239			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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