Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170185573 - EMPLOYEE'S PANTS CAUGHT BY AUGER

Accident Summary Nr: 170185573 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 10/29/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112167176	10/31/1991	1629	0	American Caisson, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 P.M. ON OCTOBER 29, 1991, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A REMOTE WORK SITE IN PACOIMA, CALIFORNIA. EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING TO DRILL GROUND SOIL SURVEY HOLES WITH A MOBILE, TRUCK-MOUNTED DRILLING RIG WITH AN 8-INCH DIAMETER AUGER. DURING SET-UP, WHEN THE AUGER WAS BEING PLACED AND SECURED INTO A CONNECTOR BONNET, THE AUGER CLUTCH WAS SOMEHOW ACTIVATED, CAUSING THE UNSECURED AUGER TO TURN WILDLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. THE BOTTOM OF THE AUGER CAUGHT THE PANTS OF EMPLOYEE #1 AND SPUN HIM AROUND THE AUGER SEVERAL TIMES. PARAMEDICS WERE SUMMONED AND TRANSPORTED EMPLOYEE #1 TO HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH LEG AND SHOULDER INJURIES.

Keywords: SHOULDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CLUTCH, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, LOCKOUT, AUGER, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112167176			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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