Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200881282 - Employee Is Struck by Torque Wrench, Sustains Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 200881282 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 04/24/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310748322	05/01/2007	5084	423830	Astec Underground Of Ohio

Abstract: Employee #1, a service technician, was assisting a customer to attach a reamer to the end of a Horizontal Directional Earth Drilling machine by using a pipe wrench to hold the connection. Employee #1 then instructed the machine operator use the power of the machine to rotate the drill. The pipe wrench was lodged against a dirt embankment with a 4-in. by 4-in. wood block to absorb the torque of the drill twist. Employee #1 had hoisted the reamer approximately 6-in. above the ground with a lifting device. Employee #1 was struck in the back of the head, when the pipe wrench, under extreme torque, slipped and spun around. Employee #1's jaw was broken as his face struck the ground. Employee #1 received severe head, ear, and jaw injuries and was hospitalized.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, WRENCH, FRACTURE, HEAD, ROTATING SHAFT, SLIP, EAR, STRUCK BY, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310748322			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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