Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201073483 - Employee injured by flying pipe fitting, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201073483 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300793817	04/18/2003	1711	238910	Sc Valley Enginerring

Abstract: On April 14, 2003, Employee #1, the owner of AquaChlor, was at a job site where an employee of SC Valley Engineering was performing a hydrostatic test. A reducer/adapter pipe fitting was overpressurized during the course of the test and the pipe fitting separated. It flew out at high velocity and struck Employee #1 in the head. He was transported to the hospital, where he died on April 17, 2003. The Aquachlor employee was not a part of the hydrostatic test and was only there to chlorinate the water line. Subsequent investigation revealed that on December 12, 2002, a hydrostatic test was being performed using the same type of fitting and it also separated when the line was pressurized for the test. There were no injuries reported for that incident.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LINE CONNECTOR, HIGH PRESSURE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, PRESSURE RELEASE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300793817			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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