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Accident: 113835.015 - Employee'S Jaw Is Fractured When Struck By Drainage Pipe

Accident: 113835.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/15/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1380223.01502/22/2019Centerline 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
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:

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