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Accident Summary Nr: 201798352 - Employee amputates fingers when using a roller screed

Accident Summary Nr: 201798352 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 05/06/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119821189	05/20/2004	1611	237310	C. C. Meyers, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on May 6, 2004, a journeyman cement mason, employed by Coffman Specialties, Inc., of City of Industry, CA, operated a roller screed used in the concrete paving of highways. Instead of holding a conventional "tee handle", he was using one fabricated out of a nylon strap, an alloy steel chain, and a slip-on hook. As the mason was pulling the roller screed using the nylon strap, it squeezed his left hand, causing a crushing injury. He also suffered partial amputation of three of his fingers. He was hospitalized for three days at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, AMPUTATED, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, HAND

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119821189			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Other

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