Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201161585 - Employee's Leg Injured by a Drilling Rig

Accident Summary Nr: 201161585 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/06/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120041983	12/16/1999	1781	0	Foothill Drilling

Abstract: Employee #1, an operator of a dewatering drill rig, accidentally used the wrong control, which rotated the ring gear in a counterclockwise direction and moved the bucket-traveling bar to the front of the ring gear, The bar smashed his left leg against the control panel. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DRILL OPERATOR, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, STRUCK BY, GEAR, LEG

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120041983			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth

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