OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221502040

GROUND HOG FOUNDATION DRILLING COMPANY

SPRING, TX— 2022-10-05T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Back, Chest, Construction, Crushed, Excavation, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Head, Leg, Machine operator, Site Preparation, Struck By
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346262744
Employer profile: GROUND HOG FOUNDATION DRILLING COMPANY
Summary number: 221502040
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed from massive trauma after crushed by auge

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on October 5, 2022, an employee was scooping dirt away from an excavation with a TEREX 600 Auger Bit. The employee was using the auger bit to drill a pier hole. He fell into the pier hole and was crushed by the auger bit. The employee died from massive head and body trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
865

Fall distance
7

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