Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632924 - Employee's fingers amputated by trackhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201632924 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 05/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305555880	07/03/2002	1794	0	King Kat Konstruction Inc

Abstract: On May 10, 2002, Employee #1 was reaching to a vibratory roller, which was stuck in loose gravel, when his hand was crushed by a trackhoe bucket. Employee #1's fingers were amputated and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BUCKET ELEVATOR, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305555880			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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