Mid America Pipe Fabricating & Supply, LLC

Struck by other falling object n.e.c. — Fractures — SCAMMON, KANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Mid America Pipe Fabricating & Supply, LLC in SCAMMON, KANSAS
Employer Mid America Pipe Fabricating & Supply, LLC Report ID 2024098982
Address 2674 NW Highway 102 City, State ZIP SCAMMON, KANSAS 66773
Event Date September 25, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Upper and lower extremities n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source of Injury Pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified
Secondary Source Jacks
Industry (NAICS) 332996 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 37.28000, -94.88000

Incident Narrative

An employee moved a pipe stand to paint a pipe. When he leaned his upper body into the pipe (from the elbow end) to check the interior paint, his body weight caused the pipe to fall off the stand. The employee sustained fractures to their left arm and left leg, as well as a laceration to their right foot.

Incident Summary

On September 25, 2024, a worker at Mid America Pipe Fabricating & Supply, LLC in SCAMMON, KANSAS suffered fractures to the upper and lower extremities n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by other falling object n.e.c., with pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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