Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201483500 - Employee's fingertip amputated in skiploader pinch point

Accident Summary Nr: 201483500 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 07/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125750091	08/17/2000	1522	0	Newland Excavation Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was attending to the ripper bar attachment of Case skiploader #570 when his left index finger became pinned in the joint between the ripper bar and a Gannon grading implement. His finger was amputated to just below the fingernail.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LOADER, NIP POINT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125750091			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Other

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