Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68460.015 - Employee is struck by conveyor of a tunnel boring machine an

Accident Summary Nr: 68460.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 10/08/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1000660.015	10/09/2014		237110	S.J. Louis Construction Of Texas Ltd

Abstract: At approximately 4:15 p.m. on October 8, 2014, an employee was working in a tunnel boring machine setting up the conveyor. The tunnel boring machine's cutting blade became jammed due to a rock or other hard object which caused the conveyor to jerk and strike the employee's head. The employee suffered from blunt force trauma and was killed.

Keywords: Boring Machine, Conveyor, Head, Struck By, Tunnel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1000660.015	41	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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