Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201176633 - Employee Fractures Nose and Jaw by Cheater Bar

Accident Summary Nr: 201176633 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125830026	11/04/2004	1781	237110	Turner Drilling & Pump

Abstract: Employee #1, a driller's helper for a water well drilling company, was loosening a binder on a load of drill pipe. She placed a cheater bar on the binder handle and lost her grip on the cheater bar as she loosened the binder. Employee #1 was struck in the face and head by the cheater bar. She sustained a fractured jaw and nose and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, NOSE, LOAD BINDER, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FACE, LOST CONTROL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125830026			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, construction trades

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