Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120126354 - Employee's toes amputated by boom truck outrigger

Accident Summary Nr: 120126354 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/20/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120126354	12/17/1999	1622	0	Morrison Knudsen Corp

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on August 20, 1999, Employee #1, a carpenter employed by Morrison Knudsen Corporation, was working as a helper, unloading soffit materials from a boom truck at a construction site. An outrigger of the boom truck struck and crushed his right foot, amputating three of his toes. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for 2 days.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, AMPUTATED, OUTRIGGER, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, TOE, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120126354			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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