Operator Dies From Crushing Injuries After Being Pinned Between a Track Drill Control Console and Exterior Wall of Courthouse – Tennessee

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE200509

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Operator Dies From Crushing Injuries After Being Pinned Between a Track Drill Control Console and Exterior Wall of Courthouse – Tennessee

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
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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:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-prevention Accidents Equipment-design Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators NIOSH Region-4 Occupational-hazards Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Surveillance Traumatic-injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200509
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Construction
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Tennessee
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 pages
Contributor:

Romano, Nancy T.
NIOSHTIC Number:

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
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2005/06/15
Source Full Name:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Resource Number:

FACE-2005-09
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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