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Accident Summary Nr: 130651.015 - Employee is killed when entangled in turning pipe, cable, an

Accident Summary Nr: 130651.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 09/29/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1495751.015	09/29/2020		237110	Ventura Directional Drilling

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 29, 2020, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2, employed by a heavy construction company, were engaged in horizontal drilling in a trench as part of a water and sewer treatment plant construction project. They had finished drilling a 1,387-foot-long pilot drill and were using a larger diameter reamer to push ream a larger hole. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were breaking rods as Coworker #2 operated a Ditch Witch JT10 more than 1,380 feet away and out of sight of Employee #1 and Coworker #1. Coworker #2 turned off the drilling process without communicating to Employee # 1 and Coworker #1 that he had locked the drilling operation. Employee #1 placed hydraulic tongs on the drill pipe. Unaware of Employee #1's action, Coworker #2 turned on the drilling operation. The pipe began to turn, which caused the hydraulic hoses and the cables to catch and wrap Employee #1 around the pipe. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Caught By, Construction, Drill Pipe, Entangled, Hose, Sewer, Trench, Water

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition			0		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1495751.015	28	M	Fatality		Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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