OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503429
HEAD,TELECOM WORK,AUGER,ENTANGLED
Event description
EMPLOYEE ENTANGLED IN AUGER
Investigation abstract
A THREE PERSON CREW WAS INSTALLING UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE CABLE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. ALTHOUGH THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN BRIEFED, ON A JOB-TO-JOB BASIS, ABOUT THE HAZARDS OF A ROTATING AUGER, ONE OF THE THREE EMPLOYEES STRADDLED THE ROTATING A UGER AND BEGAN LIFTING UP ON IT. THE AUGER ENTANGLED HIS TROUSER LEG AND PULLED HIM AROUND ABOUT THREE TIMES BEFORE THE AUGER COULD BE STOPPED. THE EMPLOYEE'S H EAD STRUCK A CONCRETE SURFACE ON EACH REVOLUTION. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJUR IES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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