Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200451029 - Employee Pinned By Machine

**Accident: 200451029 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 02/15/2001**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
302622204	02/16/2001	1623	William Simmons

Employee #1 was operating a conventional boring machine installing steel of water line casings underneath an interstate. The operator was pulling augers from the casings when he applied thrust to the machine causing it to jerk and the operator's hand left the controls. The machine flipped to the east of the machine's track, pinning Employee #1 between the machine and the wall of the trench box. The auger broke and the machine flipped twice to the west of the track. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: highway, control lever, auger, water pipe, boring machine, lost control

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Other		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	302622204			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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