OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660225
J.A. SERUSA WATER WELL COMPANY
GAYHEAD, MA·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in well drilling machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working near a rotating well drilling machine when his clothes b ecame caught in the machine. He was killed, suffering strangulation and severe h ead trauma.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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