Inspection Detail

Inspection: 113672562 - Henkels & Mccoy, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Avenel Area Office

Inspection Nr: 113672562

Report ID: 0213400

Date Opened: 08/05/2002

Site Address:
Henkels & Mccoy, Inc.
Route 57
Franklin Twp., NJ 07882

Mailing Address:
985 Jolly Rd., P.O. Box 950, Blue Bell, PA 19422

Union Status: Union

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/08/2002

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: N:Trench, S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 01/30/2003

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361816770

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201310711

Event: 08/05/2002

Employee Killed When Crushed Under Machine

On August 5, 2002, Employee #1 and a coworker were reaching using a side-boom pipe-laying machine to move a 42 ft long pipe to a spot approximately 1,000 ft away. They were coordinating their progress up a steep, 19 degree incline, with the coworker's machine lost power and it quickly began slipping back down the hill. Employee #1 machine twisted to the side and overturned. Employee #1 was ejected and was cursed under the pipe-laying machine. He was killed. %09

Keywords: EJECTED, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MECH MALFUNCTION, OVERTURN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113672562			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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