OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809830
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,COMPRESSED AIR,CONSTRUCTION,PIPE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT
Event description
Employee injured when struck by water pipe cap
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 35, attempted to remove a 12 in. diameter cap from a water main pipe. He was struck by the cap and compressed air and sustained severe internal injuries and broken bones below the waist.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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