Operator Dies from Crushing Injuries After Being Pinned Between a Track Drill Control Console and Exterior Wall of Courthouse - Tennessee: FACE 2005-09

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On June 15, 2005, a 58-year-old track drill operator (the victim) was killed when he was pinned and crushed between the control console of a track drill and the exterior wall of a courthouse. While standing between the drill control console and the exterior wall, the victim drilled four holes into the ground. While attempting to drill the fifth hole, it appears that the victim inadvertently activated the controls causing the boom to extend and pin him between the control console and the wall. Hearing the engine of the track drill racing, a laborer found the victim unconscious and pinned against the wall. The laborer ran to get a track hoe operator for assistance. After arriving back at the track drill, the track hoe operator and the laborer ran to get another track hoe operator who knew how to operate the track drill. The first track hoe operator then ran to notify the foreman, while the second track hoe operator backed the track drill off of the victim. The foreman called 911 and then checked the victim. Approximately 3 minutes later, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded and determined that the victim's chest had been crushed and he was not breathing. The victim was transported by ambulance to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Crush Injuries
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 4
  • Accident-prevention
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-measures
  • Safety-practices
  • Safety-programs
  • Occupational-hazards
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200509
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Romano, Nancy T.
• Volume:
  2005
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031632
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-106627
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  2005/06/15
• Resource Number:
  FACE 2005-09
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167278/cdc_167278_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 474.57 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:049835baa12aef1d9c13b240d50a4c9e4958e7b523983a17079a1212e1f1e18d2e6a03e6140c866747a6f070d8a658628c611a42c7a977b5f49e3c964b1d2353