OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691998

FRACTURE,HOISTING MECHANISM,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BOLT,AUGER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LEG

1987-09-15T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HOISTING MECHANISM,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BOLT,AUGER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 691998
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee's leg fractured by falling auger

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on an electric system in an area where other workers wer e digging a hole with a metal auger. While the metal auger was being lifted to t he dump truck bed, a bolt holding the auger broke. The auger fell, hitting the d ump truck bed, then tipped over and struck Employee #1's right leg, breaking it in two places. Employee #1 was taken to Utah Valley Hospital, where he was hospi talized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
23

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
683

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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