Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99960.015 - Employee struck by a pressure released irrigation pipe and i

Accident Summary Nr: 99960.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 07/22/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1254122.015	08/11/2017		111219	Andrade Ranches, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on July 22, 2017, an employee was working at a vegetable or melon farm. The employee was working with aluminum farm irrigation pipe. Along with his supervisor and a coworker, he was moving an irrigation pipe. The contents of the pipe were under pressure. The employee was removing the end plug on the irrigation pipe when the plug blew off. The end plug struck the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Flying Object, Irrigation Equipment, Leg, Pipe, Pipe Plug, Pressure Release, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1254122.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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