Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201498060 - Trenching Machine Catches Shirt and Pulls in Workers Arm

Accident Summary Nr: 201498060 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 03/22/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316724715	08/21/2013	1794	238910	Mcelvany, Inc

Abstract: On March 22, 2013, Employee #1, a 64-year-old male with McElvany Inc. based in Los Banos, was servicing a chain type trenching machine when his shirt became entangled in the drive shaft of the apparatus. Employee #1's arm was pulled and twisted within the digging chain tearing ligaments and tendons in the arm. Employee #1 was transported to UCSF for treatment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, TRENCH, TRENCH DIGGER, DISLOCATED, ARM, NIP POINT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316724715			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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