Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201075926 - Employee's Fingers Are Amputated in Shoring Jack

Accident Summary Nr: 201075926 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/19/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312684426	10/06/2010	1623	237110	Ccl Contracting Incorp

Abstract: At 1:20 p.m. on February 19, 2010, Employee #1 was working with a shoring jack and picked it up. The jack closed on his left pinky and ring fingers. The employer transported Employee #1 to Grossmont Hospital. Employee #1 was in the hospital for about two days for treatment and surgery. The tips of the left pinky and ring fingers up to the first knuckle were amputated. The equipment used was aluminum speed shoring. The employer provides underground pipeline installation of 90 water lines and 10% sewer lines by trenching and excavating. The employer did not report the accident to the Division.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CRUSHED, SHORING, JACK, SEWAGE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312684426			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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