Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201165370 - Employee's finger punctured by high pressure discharge

Accident Summary Nr: 201165370 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/16/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126099365	10/07/2003	1799	238990	Melroy Co Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 16, 2003, Employee #1, a concrete cutter, set up a variable speed hydraulic core drill to make a 24-in.-deep hole. The motor attached to the Masterpiece Engineering Company's drill was a Parker low-speed, high-torque motor (Model No. TE 0195 AM110 AAAA, Serial No. MF 121011 AAAA). As he was adjusting the speed with the control knob on the speed motor manifold, a body ring near the top of the drill's motor blew out. Hydraulic fluid was ejected at 1,000 psi, puncturing the back of his left index finger and injecting fluid into both his finger and hand. Employee #1 was transported by a coworker to Centinela Hospital Medical Center, where he was treated and released.

Keywords: DRILLING MACHINE, FINGER, HYDRAULIC FLUID, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HIGH PRESSURE, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, HAND, PRESSURE RELEASE, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126099365			Non Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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