Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170159701 - Employee injured when struck by falling drill collar

Accident Summary Nr: 170159701 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/14/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112002423	11/07/1990	1781	0	Welch & Howell Drilling Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on September 14, 1990, Employee #1, a truck driver, was watching as a forklift loaded a drill collar onto his truck. As the forks were being removed, one of them caught the end of the collar. It rolled off the truck, pulling Employee #1 with it. He was struck by the drill collar and suffered a fractured right leg and elbow, and multiple cuts and bruises. A coworker at the site drove Employee #1 to a local hospital.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, DRILL COLLAR, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ELBOW, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112002423			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth

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