Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201096377 - Employee's leg broken by 500-pound drill bit

Accident Summary Nr: 201096377 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 03/06/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126101708	03/17/2003	1781	237110	Myer Bros Well Drilling

Abstract: At approximately 12:09 p.m. on March 6, 2002, Employee #1 was helping move a drill bit from the ground onto a truck. The employee was working for Myer's Brothers Well Drilling, Inc. located at 8650 E. Lucey Boulevard in Hanford, California. The 500-pound drill bit, used for drilling water wells, was being lifted by a front-end loader on a tractor which had forks on it. A chain, attached to the drill bit and then to the fork, fell and hit the employee. When the drill bit came loose, it fell and hit the employee on the left side. Employee #1's left hand, left lower leg, and knee were broken and he was hospitalized. NOTE: Date in narrative does not match event date.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, FRONT END LOADER, HOISTING MECHANISM, TRUCK, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126101708			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Other

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