OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217517
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT
MIDDLETOWN, CT·
Event description
STRUCK IN FACE BY CROW BAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MONITORING A 16 INCH WATER LINE DURING AN 80 PSI WATER TEST. BRA CKETS HOLDING THE PUMP STATION TO A BASE SLAB BROKE UNDER LOAD, ALLOWING THE PUM PING STATION TO BE LIFTED UP. WHEN THE PUMP STATION MOVED, A CROW BAR RESTING AG AINST IT WAS DISLODGED. THE CROW BAR FELL AGAINST EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM IN T HE FACE. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED NOSE, MINOR FACIAL LACERATIONS AND FACIAL CONTU SIONS.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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