Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865679 - Employee's scrotum torn when rail unit's brakes fail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865679 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 06/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125866475	06/24/1998	1622	0	Pacific Boring Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, age 18, was operating a battery-powered, rail-mounted haul unit in a 3 ft diameter tunnel bore when the hand controller, used for both steering and braking, failed because of mud blocking the open and exposed mechanical linkage. The haul unit traveled into the heading of the tunnel and Employee #1 became caught between the end of the spoil discharge conveyor and the body of the haul unit. He suffered a torn scrotum. The cause of the accident was failure of the constant contact safety device of the hand controller under normal conditions of use. Employee #1 had two days of experience on the job prior to the accident.

Keywords: HAND CONTROL, BRAKE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, RAILROAD TRACK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125866475			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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