Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 93176.015 - Employee Is Impaled By Probe And Is Hospitalized

**Accident: 93176.015 -- Report ID: 0551702 -- Event Date: 02/08/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1209222.015	02/09/2017		City Of Olney - Water Distribution

At 10:45 a.m. on February 8, 2017, Employee #1 was entering a hole to locate a w ater line for repair. The employee was using a four foot long probe for locating the underground piping. As the employee stepped into the hole, the locating dev ice fell, and the weight of the employee's body forced the probe into the employ ee's groin area, through his left scrotum and into the pelvic bone. He was hospi talized for his injuries.

Keywords: falling object, impaled, pelvis, repair, struck against, trench, water pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Maintenance or repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1209222.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Water and sewage treatment plant operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause:

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