Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170739486 - Employee's finger amputated by falling backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 170739486 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 11/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120063003	01/18/1996	1623	0	W. M. Lyles Co.

Abstract: On November 15, 1996, Employee #1 and a coworker were removing the bucket from a Caterpillar tractor, model 446B, equipped with a backhoe. The bucket was resting on the ground while the coworker removed the boom and dipper pins. Employee #1, the operator, thought the bucket was in a bind and raised it about 3 in. off the ground. He then put both hands on and under the bucket teeth and was rocking the bucket back and forth when the coworker drove out the pin. The bucket fell, smashing Employee #1's right middle finger and amputated the end above the first joint.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120063003			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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