Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201491602 - Employee Amputates Fingers While Dismantling Wind Turbine

Accident Summary Nr: 201491602 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/15/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310828967	12/19/2008	1796	238290	Dressel Enterprise

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on July 15, 2008, Employee #1, a general laborer working for Dressel Enterprise, was dismantling a wind generator turbine and tower. The motor ring became dislodged from the drive shaft, and the employee's fingers were amputated. He was transported to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, DEMOLITION, DISMANTLING, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Demolition		Under $50,000		80

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310828967			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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