Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201496478 - Water Well Driller's Hand Is Crushed by Backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 201496478 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/25/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315074773	05/02/2012	1781	237110	Best Drilling & Pump Inc.

Abstract: On April 25, 2012, Employee #1 was working for a water well drilling contractor at the Wolfe Farms field near Huron, CA. Employee #1 had been assigned to operate a well drilling machine. A steel 36-inch (0.9-meter) diameter conductor had been installed to protect the well opening. It had to be secured by concrete. Further, it had to be straight and level so that the drill would not become bound in the shaft. Employee #1 was trying to direct the operator of a backhoe by showing which way the conductor had to be moved to make it level. The backhoe operator was in a hurry and kept hitting on the side of the steel conductor. He did not wait for Employee #1 to move his hand, and he hit the ring finger on Employee #1's right hand, crushing it. Employee #1 was taken to Coalinga Medical Center in Coalinga, CA, for treatment.

Keywords: DRILL OPERATOR, FINGER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, WELL, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BACKHOE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000		50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315074773			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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