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Accident: 170699623 - Employee Injured As Pressurized Pipe Explodes In Face

Accident: 170699623 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/12/1993
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11996170408/12/19931623Kana Pipeline
AT ABOUT 2:00 P.M. ON JULY 12, 1993, EMPLOYEE #1, A PIPELAYER, WAS DRILLING A 1-INCH HOLE INTO A NEWLY INSTALLED 8-INCH PVC PIPE IN ORDER TO INSTALL AN AIR VACUUM RELEASE. THE PIPE EXPLODED IN HIS FACE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNAWARE THAT THE PIPE HAD BEEN PRESSURIZED BY THE ADMITTANCE OF WATER.
Keywords: construction, explosion, pressure piping, pipe, face, inattention
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 119961704 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported

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