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Accident: 115749.015 - Employee Amputates Finger While Drilling Holes Into Slope
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1358955.015 | 11/07/2018 | Advanced Geotechniques Inc. |
At 12:15 p.m. on November 1, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker were working at a municipal roadway stabilization project. Employee #1 was the chuck tender and a ssisting his coworker, who was operating a Bobcat #43 Excavator with a TEI MME 2 60 rock drilling attachment and two 10-foot drill rods. They were drilling a 20 -foot hole into the side of a slope and installing soil nails for slope stabiliz ation. As they finished drilling a hole, they began to pull the drill rods out so they could reposition the equipment for the next hole. Once the rods were h alf way out of the hole, they began to break the rods apart. During this proces s, Employee #1 reached to grab a pipe wrench that had been placed on top of a ro d to prevent the rod from spinning. The rod broke free, and Employee #1's right index finger was caught and crushed between the wrench and the mast of the dril l attachment. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitte d for treatment of a finger amputation.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other heavy construction | Alteration or rehabilitation | ||||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1358955.015 | 34 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: |