Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201401080 - Employee Killed When Struck by Falling Casing Hammer

Accident Summary Nr: 201401080 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 08/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127256311	09/08/1997	1781		Karvakko Pump & Well Drilling

Abstract: A two-person crew was drilling a water well at a residential building site. The drill rig had a drill head and a casing hammer on the mast of the rig. One of the two workers was lowering the drill head when it struck the casing hammer, which was suspended by a wire rope. The wire rope broke, and the hammer fell, striking the worker on the head and killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127256311			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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