OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397558
H.B. ZACHRY COMPANY
SAN ANTONIO, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when clothing caught in auger
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working for a general contractor that was building a U.S. highwa y. The company was using a Gorton Denver RDC 16B track hydraulic rotary drill to make holes 5 ft wide by 52 ft deep at the side of the road. They put a 160 grad e bar in the hole for support before routing it. The drill was facing west, with Employee #1 on the left side. Instead of using the bar that was provided, he re ached over with his hands to guide the auger. His gloves or jacket became caught on the auger and he was pulled him into the machine. His neck was broken and hi s arms amputated. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- ARM-MULT (2)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.