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Accident Summary Nr: 201502176 - Employee struck by scrap steel

Accident Summary Nr: 201502176 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 02/27/2001
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12563279403/19/200117950Hazardous Materials Contracting Inc.(Iconco)

Abstract: At a gas station demolition project, Employee #1 was directing the loading of his truck when he was struck by a piece of scrap steel that was displaced by the debris being added to the truck bed. The scrap steel sliced across Employee #1's hands and he suffered partial amputations and deep lacerations to the fingers of both hands.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, LACERATION, SCRAP METAL, STRUCK BY, HAND
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Other heavy construction Alteration or rehabilitation $250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 125632794 Hospitalized injury Amputation Truck drivers, heavy Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Site clearing and grubbing
Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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