Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201344652 - Employee injured when pant leg caught by rotating borer

Accident Summary Nr: 201344652 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 10/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310781398	10/31/2007	1711	238220	Brock'S Landscaping & Irrigation Inc.

Abstract: On or about October 26, 2007, Employee #1 was operating boring machine at the job site. He left the operator's station of the machine, with the unit at low idle and in reverse, to use a trench shovel to clean the excavation and tool. As he was working, his jeans became caught on the rotating core and began wrapping around the end of the borer. The force of the rotating tool pushed Employee #1 to the ground, repeatedly fracturing his left leg. He was transported to the hospital, where his left foot above the ankle had to be surgically amputated.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, UNMANNED, BORING MACHINE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310781398			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Other

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