Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201085701 - Employee's fingers crushed by jaws of crimper head

Accident Summary Nr: 201085701 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119983682	09/03/2004	1731	238210	Maslonka & Associates

Abstract: On July 14, 2004, Employee #1, who worked for an electrical transmission contractor, was helping a coworker transfer the hose and crimper head of a portable hydraulic press motor and pump to another unit in a field near Firebaugh, CA. He was picking up the crimper head by its jaws when the coworker started the motor, activating the unit. Two of Employee #1's fingers became caught in the jaws and were crushed. He was transported to Memorial Hospital of Los Banos, CA, where one of his fingers was surgically amputated. Causal factors in this accident include the coworker not informing Employee #1 that he had already hooked up the hose, and Employee #1 not using the handle to pick up the crimper head.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, EXTENSION HANDLE, HYDRAULIC PRESS, COMMUNICATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		225

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119983682			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Other

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