OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250047
SEWER,HEAD,CLEANING,HIGH PRESSURE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,WATER
Event description
STRUCK BY FLYING OBJECTS
Investigation abstract
THREE SEWER WORKERS WERE ASSIGNED TO CLEAN OUT A VALVE BOX, LOCATED AT STREET LE 1 ON THE TEMPLE, INFLICTING A FATAL INJURY. EMPLOYEES 2 AND 3 WERE STRUCK BY DEB RIS. THEY RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TREATED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AN D RELEASED. VEL IN A FIVE INCH VERTICAL PIPE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS OPERATING THE WATER PRESSURE C ONTROLS OF A HIGH VELOCITY SEWER CLEANER, MODEL MHV 6-15-L6. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS ASS ISTING EMPLOYEE #2. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS POSITIONED DIRECTLY OVER THE OPENING, OPERAT ING THE HAND-HELD SPECIAL 1,600 PSI CLEANING GUN. THE CLEANING GUN WAS CONNECTED TO A FIFTY FOOT HOSE AND THE CLEANING UNIT. EMPLOYEE #1 INSERTED THE NOZZLE INT O THE PIPE IN THE VALVE BOX AND SIGNALED FOR WATER. WATER UNDER PRESSURE WAS APP LIED. THE CLEANING GUN AND HOSE WERE PROPELLED UPWARD FROM THE VALVE BOX, ALONG WITH PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED DEBRIS AND WATER. THE CLEANING GUN STRUCK EMPLOYEE #
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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