Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170357545 - Employee Crushes Finger in Tunnel Boring Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170357545 -- Report ID: 0950653 -- Event Date: 06/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303587778	09/23/2005	1622	237990	Shea Kenny Jv

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 a.m. on June 29, 2004, an employee who was a miner and laborer was working with a tunnel boring machine (TBM) segment erector. The employee noticed a shim out of position and reached in between the segments to reset the shim while the erector jacks were in motion, resulting in his fingers getting caught between two concrete segments. The employee was hospitalized with a crushing injury to his right hand, and later required hand surgery.

Keywords: TUNNEL, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BORING MACHINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303587778			Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors, production occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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