Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170855126 - Employee injured while freeing muck car in tunnel

Accident Summary Nr: 170855126 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 01/29/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305779258	02/03/2003	1622	237990	Elmore Pipe Jacking Inc

Abstract: On January 29, 2003, Employee #1, a miner/foreman with approximately 30 years of mining and tunneling experience, was inside a tunnel adjacent to a conveyor when he attempted to free a muck car that was stuck next to the support for the conveyor. The employee used the handle of a tool to try to free the car. As the muck car moved forward, he could not pull his right hand back fast enough and the tip of the middle finger on his right hand was cut off. The employee's fingertip was later amputated and he returned to work the following day.

Keywords: TUNNEL, AMPUTATED, FINGER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONVEYOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305779258			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, extractive occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Other

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