Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109784.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between jaws of clamp

Accident Summary Nr: 109784.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 09/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1351333.015	10/04/2018		238990	Geotech Services Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on September 27, 2018, an employee was assisting in the operation of a drill rig. The employee and coworker 1 began working on replacing a broken jaw clamp pad on a clamp cylinder and were in the process of aligning a shear pin in a hole in the pad. The hole and pin were not aligning properly and the employee contacted coworker 2 by radio, who was operating the rig, to close the clamp jaws to help align the hole to the pin. The employees left ring finger was caught between the clamp jaws when they closed and his finger was amputated.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Drill Rig--Non-Oil, Finger, Installing

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		Other

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1351333.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause:

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