Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110961.015 - Employee is caught between directional boring machine and ve

Accident Summary Nr: 110961.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 11/14/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1360097.015	11/14/2018		237120	Npl Construction Co.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on November 14, 2018, Employee #1 was operating a Vermeer 24x40 direction boring machine moving the machine into position. While moving the machine into position, Employee #1 became pinned between the boring machine and the motor vehicle. A coworker, a laborer working in the area facing away from the machine, turned around and observed Employee #1 pinned between the machine and the motor vehicle. The coworker ran to the machine and moved it off Employee #1 using the rear controls of the machine. Employee #1 was unresponsive after being unpinned and Emergency Services were called. Employee #1 was a trained equipment operator and had years of experience operating directional boring machines. Employee #1 was hired specifically to operate the directional boring machine and was the only one to operate the machine. Employee #1 sustained multiple crushing injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Boring Machine, Caught Between, Crushing, Motor Vehicle, Pinned

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1360097.015	62	M	Fatality		Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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