Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201502697 - Employee's toe is amputated in pile driver accident

Accident Summary Nr: 201502697 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/29/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125639252	09/25/2001	1541	0	Dillingham Construction N A, Inc

Abstract: An employee, employed as a pile driver apprentice, sustained a serious injury to his right foot, middle toe, when his foot was caught by a concrete pile being driven. The employee was in the process of removing the choker from a pile that was being driven, when the soil at the base of the pile sunk. The employee's foot was caught by the moving pile and he was pinned between the pile and earth wall. The employee as a result of the injury suffered a secondary infection to his middle toe which resulted in amputation.

Keywords: WALL, PILE DRIVER, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INFECTION, TOE, CONCRETE, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125639252			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Other

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