Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122115.015 - Employee incurs bruises when pinned by hydraulic boring rig

Accident Summary Nr: 122115.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 11/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448240.015	11/18/2019		238210	Southeast Cable Construction Co., Llc

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on November 16, 2019, an employee working as a construction helper for an electrical contractor was setting up to make a directional boring rig to bore for a cable. As the employee was checking for leaks on the equipment he loosened the hydraulic hose which allowed the cylinder to leak down. The equipment lowered and pinned the employee under the equipment causing severe contusions. The employee was transported and admitted to the hospital to treat severe bruising to his back and upper torso.

Keywords: Back, Boring Machine, Cable, Caught Between, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Hose, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Cylinder, Inspecting, Installing, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinned, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1448240.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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