Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200742674 - Employee Is Killed by Overturned Auger Boring Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200742674 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 07/18/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313764649	07/18/2011	1623	237110	Trenchless Technologies Of New England, Inc.

Abstract: On July 18, 2011, Employee #1 was operating a Barbco 36-500 auger boring machine. Employee #1 was cleaning out a pipe casing located under a railroad bed measuring 36 inches in diameter and 100 feet long. Employee #1 was operating the machine, and the machine overturned and crushed and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: CRUSHED, AUGER, BORING MACHINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313764649			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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