Accident Report Detail
Accident: 104266.015 - Employee Engaged In Geothermal Drilling Is Struck By Falling
Accident: 104266.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/17/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1303897.015 | 03/26/2018 | Midwest Geodrill, Llc | |||||
At 12:15 a.m. on October 17, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a drilling company, was working at a multiemployer construction project. He was engaged in the inst allation of underground plumbing conduit for a commercial building. He was oper ating a Versa-Drill Truck, Model 140x, Serial Number 1405, to drill 500 deep geo thermal holes. As Employee #1 hoisted a 20-foot-long drill pipe, the pipe fell back onto the truck and struck his head. Emergency services were called, and Em ployee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fr actured vertebra, a ruptured disk, and a laceration to his head that required 24 staples. | |||||||
Keywords:
construction, drill, drill pipe, falling object, fracture, head, hoist, laceration, struck by, vertebra
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | ||||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1303897.015 | 40 | M | Hospitalized injury | Drilling and boring machine operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit FatCause: |