Accident Report Detail
Accident: 113835.015 - Employee'S Jaw Is Fractured When Struck By Drainage Pipe
Accident: 113835.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/15/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1380223.015 | 02/22/2019 | Centerline Utilities, Inc. | |||||
At 2:15 p.m. on February 15, 2019, Employee #1 and a Coworker, employed by a pip eline construction company, were working inside a drainage catch basin and insta lling a concrete drainage pipe measuring 42 inches by 2 feet long. The coworker was operating an excavator that held the pipe in a sling. As the excavator low ered the pipe and released the tension on the sling, the pipe rolled over and st ruck Employee #1 in the face. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admi tted, and treated for a fractured jaw. | |||||||
Keywords:
concrete pipe, construction, drain pipe, excavation, excavator, face, falling object, fracture, installing, jaw, pipeline, rigging, roll-over, sling, struck by
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Pipeline | New project or new addition | ||||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1380223.015 | 35 | M | Hospitalized injury | Pipelayer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: |