Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170873772 - Employee injured when struck in the head by flying pig

Accident Summary Nr: 170873772 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119981538	03/07/2002	1799	0	P & G Communications

Abstract: On February 7, 2002, Employee #1 and coworkers were installing communication conduit. They were cleaning the interior of the conduit by using compressed air to pull a pig through the line. The pig is of poly composition but it has steel pulling eyes on each end. The pig became stuck in the conduit, and after attempts to pull it out by hand failed, they attached a rope to the pig and hooked it to the bumper of a truck and began to drive forward. When the pig broke free, it shot out of the conduit and struck Employee #1 who was standing approximately 12 to 20 ft away. He suffered a hairline fracture to the left side of his head, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, CONDUIT, STUCK, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119981538			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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