A laborer for a boring and tunneling company in Texas, died when he was struck by a hydraulic hose (superseded).

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• Corporate Authors:
  Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
• Description:
  This document has been superseded and the new version can be found here. On October 3, 1998, a 32-year-old laborer for a boring and tunneling company died when he was struck by a hydraulic hose. The victim was part of a work crew digging a tunnel and inserting a 54-inch casing. They were using two hydraulic jacks, laid horizontally and connected by hydraulic lines. The jacks were used to push the pipe into the tunnel one section at a time. The victim was standing next to a hydraulic jack when pressure was put to the hydraulic line. The male end of the coupling, attached to the jack, split in half. The female end flew up and struck the victim in the abdomen. The TX FACE investigator concluded that to reduce the likelihood of similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Install straps (whip checks) to the hydraulic hose and the point where the hose is connected. 2. Instruct workers not to stand adjacent to hydraulic hose connections when hydraulic pressure is initially applied. 3. Ensure relief valves are set so they do not exceed the maximum pressure recommended by the manufacturer for couplings, hoses or other equipment connected to the pump.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Particulate Matter Preceptorship Safety Textile Industry Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Hydraulic-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Region-6 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Tunnel-workers Tunneling Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Medical ; Wildland Fire ; Structure Fire ; Structure Fire: Residential
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98TX468
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028727
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 98TX468, 1999 Mar; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  19970701
• End Date:
  20020930
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1eab39e9015dae056af20fac57a266d85d103ee9956461fd4cd2b09ae370bd4e07607f6ad1087aa1730a58b6ffa9ccc393e94e8309e18f05d752743ef3aa1272
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181370/cdc_181370_DS1.pdf
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