Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201066511 - Employee's finger amputated by hydraulic speed shore

Accident Summary Nr: 201066511 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/21/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300794401	06/13/2003	1623	237110	Orion Construction

Abstract: On April 29, 2003, Employee #1 of Orion Construction suffered the amputation of his right index finger when it was crushed and sheared off. The incident occurred at an underground sewer pipe replacement site where trenching was taking place at 36th Street and Oceanview Blvd. in San Diego, CA. Employee #1 was carrying a hydraulic speed shore over his right shoulder. As he set it down, it swung open and pinched his right index finger between the vertical rail and the end of the hydraulic cylinder of the speed shore at a pinch point, pinning and amputating it. The hinge point between the vertical rail and the hydraulic cylinder created the pinch point.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, PINNED, TRENCH, SHORING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300794401			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Other

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