Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865828 - Employee's fingertips amputated in vehicle door

Accident Summary Nr: 170865828 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 11/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125696096	03/16/2000	1623	0	D.W. Young Construction Company, Inc.,

Abstract: Employee #1, a superintendent for a contractor doing excavation for a storm drain project, was moving a CAT excavator down a slope when the cabin door swung shut, pinching his left hand against the door frame. About an inch of his middle finger and one-half inch of his ring finger were amputated.

Keywords: UNSECURED, FINGER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, STEEP GRADE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, EXCAVATOR, DOOR, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125696096			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Other

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