Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115457.015 - Employee's arm is entangled in sling and amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 115457.015 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 04/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1392716.015	04/16/2019		237990	Spring & Associates, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on April 11, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a civil engineering construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project where he was installing piping for a water main. He was using an American Augers Directional Drill, Model DD-6. While attempting to adjust the alignment of the rotating drill pipe, which was suspended in a nylon sling, the employee became entangled in the sling. His right arm was twisted, and the arm plus three middle fingers of the left hand were amputated. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital for treatment of the amputations. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Arm, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Construction, Dislocated, Drill, Drill Pipe, Entangled, Equipment Operator, Finger, Hand, Installing, Lockout/Tagout, Multiemployer, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Sling, Trench, Untrained, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1392716.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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