Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200231884 - Employee Is Caught in Spindle of Drilling Rig and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200231884 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 01/16/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309967321	01/17/2007	1629	237990	Crux Subsurface, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working as an operator's assistant helping to perform a "micropile" drilling process. Employee #1 was self-threading a grout cap to a spindle on the drill string when his clothing was caught by the spindle knobs and he was pulled into the rotating drill string. The operator was 40 ft from the control panel attempting to use a cell phone away from the noise of the drill rig. Employee #1 suffered a concussion and was killed.

Keywords: CAUGHT BY, SPINDLE, CONCUSSION, OIL RIG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309967321			Fatality	Concussion	Drillers, earth	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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