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Accident: 117182.015 - Employee Dismantling Boring Machine Amputates Two Fingers
Accident: 117182.015 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 06/11/2019
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
1407788.015 | 06/13/2019 | | Pacific Boring Incorporated |
At 2:45 p.m. on June 11, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a heavy construction com pany, was dismantling a tunnel boring machine. As he was lifting a haul unit, the yolk frame and the haul unit rubbed against each other. The employee's righ t hand middle and ring fingers were caught between the equipment and severed at the first knuckle. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted fo r treatment of the two finger amputations.
Keywords:
amputated, boring machine, caught between, construction, crushed, dismantling, finger, partial amputation, pinned, severed, tunnel
Accident Details
End Use |
Proj Type |
Proj Cost |
Stories |
NonBldgHt |
Fatality |
Other heavy construction |
New project or new addition |
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Employee Details
Employee # |
Inspection |
Age |
Sex |
Degree |
Nature |
Occupation |
1 |
1407788.015 |
34 |
M |
Hospitalized injury |
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Laborers, except construction |