Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119412.015 - Employee's hands are amputated while reinstalling water main

Accident Summary Nr: 119412.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1427036.015	08/28/2019		332911	Dezurik Apco Hilton

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on August 22, 2019, an employee was reinstalling/assembling a water main/well pump surge relief valve. The employer did not have lockout/tagout procedures to dissemble the damaged valve and attempted to do so while the valve spring was still loaded (energy not dissipated). The employee placed his hands inside the valve, in an attempt to tighten a retaining collar/component of the valve, and overtightened the component, causing the component to break, which allowed the spring to pin both of his hands to the top of the valve. This crushed both of his hands, and the employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Assembling, Crushed, Hand, Installing, Lockout/Tagout, Pinned, Pump, Valve, Water Pipe, Water Well

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1427036.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury

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