Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170855472 - Employee Amputates Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 170855472 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 03/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305779464	03/13/2003	1623	237110	Traylor-Shea-Frontier-Kenny, Jv

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 a.m. on March 13, 2003, Employee #1, a miner/laborer, was working at the bottom of the Humboldt Shaft at San Fernando Road. A 21-foot pipe slipped out of a bundle of 8 pipes that were choked 6 feet down from the top end. The pipe fell onto Employee #1's foot and legs, amputating his leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, HOISTING MECHANISM, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

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	305779464			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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