Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170164255 - Employee's left arm amputated by kelly bushing

Accident Summary Nr: 170164255 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/16/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111980918	07/16/1991	1781	0	Beilik Drilling Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, a driller on a water well drilling rig, was standing on the driller's platform watching the operation when he was hit in the head by a bolt, which flew out of the kelly bushing. He said that he was dazed and he reached out to brace himself on the breakout tongs. The tongs moved backward with his hand on it and allowed his left arm to contact the rotating kelly. His clothing caught in the kelly and wound up and tore his left arm off. Employee #1 was removed to UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA.

Keywords: CLOTHING, HEAD, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, KELLY BUSHING, BOLT, STRUCK BY, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111980918			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Drillers, earth

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