Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201185949 - Employee's Finger Is Amputated When Gloved Hand Is Caught In

Accident Summary Nr: 201185949 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 08/16/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312691678	09/21/2011	1622	237990	D N D Construction

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on August 16, 2011, the employee was performing his assigned duty of oiling the auger drills on the future San Francisco Transbay Terminal site as part of his job to construct a retaining wall using a NISSHA Phoenix Series DH 658-135M auger drill. As the employee was using the auger drills, his gloved hand was caught in the moving auger. His hand was dragged downwards, thus entrapping his finger. The employee was later taken to San Francisco General Hospital. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the 3rd digit on the right hand. The auger was not deenergized, locked, or tagged out. The employer had no written and implemented LOTO procedures for the task, and employees were not trained to lock and tag the machine out prior to such work.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, DRAGGED, LOCKOUT, AUGER, TAG, UNTRAINED, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312691678			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete for piers, and pylons Fatality Cause: Other

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