Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202496790 - Employee Falls Into Sink Hole and Is Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 202496790 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 09/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311493266	09/10/2007	8711	541330	Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc.

Abstract: On September 10, 2007, an employee, a drill operator, was drilling and grouting holes and underground caverns that were discovered previously due to a sink hole that developed in an area. The employee had finished drilling the last hole and pulled the drill from the hole. He began to back up and the ground collapsed, sending the drill and him into a sink hole. The sink hole was approximately 10 feet in diameter and up to 6 feet deep. He was thrown from the drill operator's station, narrowly missing the falling mast of the drill. He received soft tissue injuries to his legs and back and was hospitalized.

Keywords: MACHINE OPERATOR, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, WORK SURFACE, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311493266			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Drillers, earth

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