Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 158394.015 - Employee is killed from head trauma when struck by pipe wren

Accident Summary Nr: 158394.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 07/25/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1685832.015	07/26/2023		238910	Underground Contractors Inc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on July 25, 2023, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a site preparation contractor. The employee was instructed to install additional rod sections to the working end of a Vermeer D24×40 Series II horizontal directional drill. While the employee was installing the second of the four additional rod sections, Coworker #1, the foreman, started the drill before the crew had removed their pipe wrenches from the drill rod and cleared the area. In doing so, this caused the drill rod to rotate. This rotation led to one of the pipe wrenches striking the employee in the head. Coworker #2, who was located at the drill end, was uninjured. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to his head and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clearing, Construction, Drill, Drill Operator, Head, Installing, Laborer, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pipe Wrench, Rotating Parts, Site Preparation , Struck By, Wrench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1685832.015	60	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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