Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14516728 - Employee's arm amputated in boring machine

Accident Summary Nr: 14516728 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/24/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101822252	07/24/1987	1623	0	Gulfcoast Boring & Pipeline, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was in an excavation, welding 20 ft long sections of 12 in. pipe being bored under a highway for a distance of 120 ft. After welding one section of pipe, Employee #1 had to wait until the next 20 ft section was ready to be welded. He was reaching into the dirt exhaust port, apparently to unclog dirt, when his left arm became caught by the rotor blades and was amputated. There was no reason for Employee #1 to have reached into the boring machine to clear out dirt.

Keywords: EXHAUST SYSTEM, EXCAVATION, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, WELDER, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101822252			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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