Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170896302 - Employee killed when crushed under earth-boring machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170896302 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126133230	04/22/1998	1799	0	Walter C. Smith Company,Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:10 a.m. on April 22, 1998, Employee #1, of Walter C. Smith Company, was in a 20 ft deep trench. A horizontal earth-boring machine was in use at the bottom of the trench, drilling under a 120 ft long railroad track. Employee #1 was alone in the trench and a coworker was operating a crane above the trench when the earth-boring machine became unstable, came off its track, flipped over to one side, and fell on him. Employee #1 was killed. Subsequent investigation revealed that the earth-boring machine had not been secured on its track before the drilling operation began.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, BORING MACHINE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126133230			Fatality	Other	Drillers, earth	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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