OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232912
HIGH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
LANCASTER, PA·
Event description
Employee dies after being struck by falling drill auger
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were chipping concrete in a trench. A sub-contractor was moving a 2 ton drill auger, which rolled into the trench, striking Employee #1. He died 24 hours later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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