On August 5, 1998, the accident occurred at the NTS, when an employee who was removing muck from the tunnel snagged a water hose with a LHD machine.
Office of Environment, Health, Safety & Security
September 28, 1998
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September 28, 1998
This is the Type B Accident Investigation Board report of an industrial accident at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), U16b tunnel in which a Bechtel Nevada (BN) employee suffered a compressed skull fracture as a result of being struck on the head by a valve and fitting assembly on the end of a hose which had been broken from a water pipe by a moving piece of construction equipment.