Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170870844 - Employee's Hand Crushed by Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170870844 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/28/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125742668	03/18/2002	1721	0	Long Painting Co

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on February 28, 2002, Employee #1 was cleaning the paint booth area located in the laydown yard on the DWR property. He finished cleaning most of the dirt and debris off of the paint booth floor but needed to move the sandblaster pot out of the way so that he could clean behind and around it. The sandblaster pot had four wheels and a handle. As he was pulling the sandblasting pot out of the paint booth, one of the wheels hit a rock and the full 800-pound sandblasting machine tipped over toward him. He attempted to stop it but it fell on his left hand. Employee #1 sustained a fractured hand and knuckle and was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: WHEEL, FRACTURE, ROCK, FALL, SANDBLASTING, HAND, PAINT BOOTH

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125742668			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Other

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