Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202444188 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Conduit Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 202444188 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/14/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307460923	08/04/2006	1542	236220	Eleven Western Builders Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on July 14, 2006, Employee #1, a general helper, was working at a construction jobsite in Temecula, CA. He and a coworker were taking their morning break, sitting down next to a wall, when a Gradall material handler, Model Number 543, kicked up a 3-inch diameter metal conduit scrap pipe that was approximately 20 feet long. The end of the pipe struck Employee #1 in the chest and knocked him backward into the wall. He suffered a collapsed lung and a compression fracture in his back. He was transported by emergency services to Inland Valley Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: CHEST, LUNG, CONDUIT, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, MECH MAT HANDLING, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307460923			Hospitalized injury	Other	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Other

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