Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14503429 - EMPLOYEE ENTANGLED IN AUGER

Accident Summary Nr: 14503429 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 11/13/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100046598	11/14/1986	1623	0	Diamond Engineering Co.

Abstract: A THREE PERSON CREW WAS INSTALLING UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE CABLE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. ALTHOUGH THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN BRIEFED, ON A JOB-TO-JOB BASIS, ABOUT THE HAZARDS OF A ROTATING AUGER, ONE OF THE THREE EMPLOYEES STRADDLED THE ROTATING AUGER AND BEGAN LIFTING UP ON IT. THE AUGER ENTANGLED HIS TROUSER LEG AND PULLED HIM AROUND ABOUT THREE TIMES BEFORE THE AUGER COULD BE STOPPED. THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD STRUCK A CONCRETE SURFACE ON EACH REVOLUTION. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJURIES.

Keywords: HEAD, TELECOM WORK, AUGER, ENTANGLED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100046598			Fatality	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers

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