Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200528974 - Employee amputates finger tip doing plumbing work

Accident Summary Nr: 200528974 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306684986	08/31/2004	1623	237110	Van Hauen & Associates, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was installing an 8" PVC water main. The pipe was hung up under a hydrant leg that ran perpendicular to the new 8" pipe. While manual pulling on the new pipe, the pipe came loose and the ee's right index finger tip was pinched/crushed between the end of the pipe and a valve casing. The ee's finger tip was later surgically amputated to the first knuckle.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, INSTALLING, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PIPELINE, WATER PIPE

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	306684986			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Other

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