Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170028278 - Employee's arm crushed by counterbalance and later amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 170028278 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 12/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110326857	01/09/1996	1742	0	J & J Insulation And Acoustics, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 climbed inside an outside man/material elevator to install a vacuum tube while the elevator was in operation. The counterbalance traveled down the tower and crushed his left arm. He was hospitalized and his arm was later surgically amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, INSTALLING, COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, ARM, ELEVATOR, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110326857			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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