Inspection Detail

Inspection: 101402733 - Avalanche Soil Exploration

Inspection Information - Office: Augusta Area Office

Inspection Nr: 101402733

Report ID: 0111100

Date Opened: 11/18/1987

Site Address:
Avalanche Soil Exploration
Bridgeton Town Dump
Bridgeton, ME 04038

Mailing Address:
Box 118, Forthill Road, Gorham, ME 04038

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1781

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Complaint

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/25/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/04/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Complaint	71329445	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	19260200 C01	12/07/1987	12/10/1987	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14478309

Event: 11/18/1987

Employee injured when clothing catches in auger

Employee #1 and a coworker were using a mobile drilling rig, model B34, manufactured prior to 1978 by Mobile Drilling, Inc. A hollow auger about 5 feet long was attached by a coupling to a drive chuck on the machine to drill vertically into the earth. Employee #1, who was operating the machine, left the control station while the auger was slowly rotating and reached across the auger to grab his gloves from the frame of the drilling rig. Apparently a projection of the rotating coupling caught Employee #1's sleeveless vest and pulled him into the auger. The auger kept continued to rotate, twisting Employee #1 around itself. The coworker, seeing what had happened, shut down the machine. Employee #1 suffered broken ribs and his right arm had to be amputated.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, DRILL OPERATOR, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, AUGER, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, ARM

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101402733			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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