Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202469300 - Employee Suffers Injury from Transmission Tower Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 202469300 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 05/19/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312437247	06/25/2010	4939	221121	La City Water & Power

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing towers for high power lines. Employee #1 noticed that not all the bolt holes completely lined up, the ones that did, were put in place and nutted. With the one hole that did not align, they decided to lower the tower on some cribbing. Employee #1 noticed that the cribbing was not completely in place and he adjusted it accordingly. As Employee #1 went under the load, one of the bolts came loose, and the bottom plate fell crushing part of Employee #1's hand. Employee #1 suffered a serious injury, and partial amputation of his right thumb.

Keywords: CRUSHED, BOLT, STRUCK BY, TOWER, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312437247			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Crane and tower operators

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