Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200673010 - Employee drowns in storm sewer pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 200673010 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303185839	10/10/2000	1771	0	Centerline Utilities,Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 inserted an inflatable plug into a storm sewer pipe located at a street drain so that the pipe could be pumped of water in order to perform concrete work at the other end of the pipe. He was half way in the drain and was pushing on the inflatable plug to check its fit. The plug burst and blew him down an intersecting pipe where he drowned.

Keywords: SEWER, PIPE PLUG, ASPHYXIATED, RUPTURE, PIPELINE, PIPE, DROWN, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303185839			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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