OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447486
ASPLUNDH CONSTRUCTION DIV
CARY, NC·
Event description
Employee injured when leg caught in boring machine auger
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the foreman, was operating an auger-type boring machine. After the bore had been completed, Employee #1 was backing out the auger when his left pan t leg was caught by the auger and pulled into the machine. The auger did not shu t off until Employee #1's leg was pulled far into the auger, causing the engine powering the hydraulic pump to choke down. Employee #1 yelled for help and cowor kers at the site, who were just finishing lunch, notified the rescue squad and b egan freeing Employee #1 from the machine. He had started backing out the auger before the lunch break was over. Employee #1 was working alone at the time of th e accident and there were no witnesses.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 555
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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