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Inspection Information - Office: Ca Fremont District Office | ||||
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| Nr: 125583211 | Report ID: 0950612 | Open Date: 04/18/1997 | ||
| Don Chapin Company | ||||
| 420 Crazy Horse Canyon Road Salinas, CA 93907 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 1542/General Contractors-Nonresidential Buildings, Other than Industrial Buildings and Warehouses | ||||
| Mailing: 440 Crazy Horse Canyon Road, Salinas, CA 93907 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 06/16/1997 | |
| Close Case: | 08/07/1997 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 362207573 | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 170885024 | Event: 04/17/1997 | Employee Killed When Struck By Ricocheting Part | ||||
| At approximately 12:45 p.m., Employee #1 was performing his assigned task of "shooting ropes through conduits," which involved using compressed air to fire a "mouse" through a conduit. He inserted the mouse into a 100 yd conduit and injected the compressed air, not realizing that the conduit was blocked at the other end. The mouse traveled between 30 and 75 feet before shooting backward with lethal velocity and striking Employee #1 in the upper left side of his torso. The impact fractured his upper left rib, and the pointed end of the mouse was driven into his heart. Employee #1 died of internal bleeding within minutes. | ||||||
| Keywords: heart, air pressure, conduit, hemorrhage, compressed air, construction, high pressure, struck by, flying object | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 125583211 | Fatality | Fracture | Supervisors, n.e.c. | ||