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Accident Summary Nr: 566133 - Employee injured when struck by falling machine

Accident Summary Nr: 566133 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 09/03/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110367554	09/03/1992	1623	0	Architectural Utilities, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110367562	09/04/1992	1623	0	Virgil Rhodes Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 2, 1992, Employee #1 had completed a 6 in. tap into a live 16 in. water main with a Muellar tapping machine that weighed approximately 400 lb. The tapping machine was being lifted out of the 6 1/2 ft deep excavation with a 215C Caterpillar excavator using a 5 ft chain with a deformed hook. When the tapping machine was about one foot above Employee #1's head, the chain sling failed, apparently due to the deformed hook. The tapping machine fell, struck the bank of the excavation, bounced, and struck Employee #1 on the head, fracturing vertabrae in his neck. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: CHAIN, FRACTURE, INADEQUATE MAINT, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, NECK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110367554					Occupation Not Listed
2	110367562			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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