Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115421.015 - Employee's hand, fingers are fractured when struck by bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 115421.015 -- Report ID: 0454715 -- Event Date: 03/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1393593.015	04/17/2019		237120	R Jones Underground, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:20 a.m. on March 29, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a pipeline construction company, were installing a pipe in a trench. Employee #1 entered the trench to hook a strap onto the pipe to reposition it. He then placed his hand on the wall of the trench and communicated with the coworker, who was operating a bucket loader (trackhoe), to lower the bucket. As the bucket boomed down, it caught and pinned Employee #1's hand between the bucket and the trench wall. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of crushing injuries including fractures to the hand, thumb, index finger, and middle finger.

Keywords: Backhoe Bucket, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Installing, Loader Bucket, Pinched, Pinned, Pipe, Pipeline, Struck By, Thumb, Trench, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1393593.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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