OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262281
PIPELINE,VALVE,BUTTERFLY VALVE,STRUCK BY,WATER PIPE
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY SWINGING PIPE VALVE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING WITH SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES TO WEDGE AND BRACE A BUTTER FLY WATER LINE VALVE. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO DRIVE IN THE WEDGE, THE SL IP JOINT HOLDING THE VALVE ASSEMBLY CAME OFF. THIS ALLOWED THE VALVE TO SWING FR EE AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE OTHER WORKERS HAD ALSO INCREASED THE TENSION ON THE VALVE, WHICH WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE BY A CHAIN CHOKER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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