Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201502176 - Employee struck by scrap steel

Accident Summary Nr: 201502176 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 02/27/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125632794	03/19/2001	1795	0	Hazardous 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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