Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202597902 - Employee's Hand Is Injured by Falling Sign

Accident Summary Nr: 202597902 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/06/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310606413	04/21/2009	1521	236115	S R D Engineering, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 5:30 a.m. on March 6, 2009, Employee #1 and a coworker were lowering an "arrow board" (a lighted sign) to prepare it to be moved back to a storage lot. Employee #1 placed his left hand on the part of the arrow board frame that he thought was stationary. When the coworker removed a pin, the arrow board suddenly fell onto Employee #1's left hand, crushing it. He was hospitalized for amputations of his right index and middle fingers.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, PIN, FINGER, TRAFFIC CONTROL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, HAND, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310606413			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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