Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122438.015 - Employee using pressure washer fractures leg when struck by

Accident Summary Nr: 122438.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 12/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1450697.015	12/12/2019		213112	Elite Testing, Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on December 8, 2019, an employee working as a laborer was power washing pipes and valves for an oil and gas support service. The pipes had just been pressure tested in order to prepare them for painting. A coworker operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) was bringing in another pallet of pipes and valves to be tested when the PIV backed over the employee. The employee broke his right leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Backing Up, Broken Bone, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Noise, PIV, Palletized Cargo, Pipe, Power Washer, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Pressure Wash, Run Over, Struck By, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1450697.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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