Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115749.015 - Employee amputates finger while drilling holes into slope

Accident Summary Nr: 115749.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 11/01/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1358955.015	11/07/2018		238910	Advanced Geotechniques Inc.

Abstract: 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 assisting his coworker, who was operating a Bobcat #43 Excavator with a TEI MME 260 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 stabilization. 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 half way out of the hole, they began to break the rods apart. During this process, Employee #1 reached to grab a pipe wrench that had been placed on top of a rod 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 drill attachment. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a finger amputation.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Drill, Drill Pipe, Drill Rig--Non-Oil, Excavator, Fingertip, Installing, Nail, Pipe Wrench, Road, Slope

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1358955.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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