Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200002376 - Employee Is Killed When Clothing Is Caught in Auger

Accident Summary Nr: 200002376 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 01/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309711778	01/26/2007	8711	541330	Palmerton & Parrish, Inc.

Abstract: On January 26, 2007, Employee #1 was working for Palmerton and Parrish, Inc., an organization that provides geotechnical, civil engineering, and related services. He was helping his coworker, a lead driller, with drilling geological soil sample test borings on a construction site. His clothing became caught in a drill auger as it was turning under power. He sustained severe neck injuries before the lead driller could stop the drilling equipment, and he was killed. He had sustained a fractured neck.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, AUGER MECHANISM, CAUGHT BY, AUGER, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, NECK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309711778			Fatality	Fracture	Drillers, earth

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