Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200072288 - Employee is killed when crushed by falling load

Accident Summary Nr: 200072288 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 08/01/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307447870	08/02/2004	1629	237990	Gemini Drilling And Foundation, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 7:40 p.m. on August 1, 2004, Employee #1 stepped under a suspended core drilling tool. When it separated from its rigging, he was crushed between the tool and the tracks of the adjacent drill rig. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, RIGGING, HOISTING MECHANISM, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	6	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307447870			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	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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