Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 170787964 - Employee impaled by handle of flying shovel
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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125796599 | 03/02/1998 | 1623 | 0 | Navaho Pipe Lines Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on October 15, 1997, Employee #1 and a coworker, of Navaho Pipe Lines, were excavating a storm drain pipeline in Sacramento, CA. The coworker was using a backhoe, and after digging about 15 ft of trench that was 9 ft deep, they began to work in a 2 to 3 ft deep section, locating crossing utility pipes. The backhoe operator felt what he thought was an obstruction, so Employee #1 threw his shovel into the trench and jumped in after it. The shovel bounced up just as Employee #1 was coming down, and he was impaled in the groin by the handle of the shovel. He then fell into the deeper section of the trench, where he was helped out with aid from the loader bucket.. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to U.C. Davis Medical Center, where he was hospitalized with a torn scrotum and an impalement injury.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Pipeline | Other | Under $50,000 | 15 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 125796599 | Hospitalized injury | Puncture | Construction laborers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Other |