Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307390419 - Vulcan Construction & Maintenance, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: San Francisco District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on June 21, 2004, Employee #1 was working for Vulcan Construction & Maintenance. The employer was a subcontractor installing communications vaults, or boxes at various locations within the neighborhood. The foreman was across the street from the site while Employee #1 was working with another coworker to clean dust and debris off of the concrete lids and in the grooves of the box where the lids are to be placed. Employee #1 was putting the lid in place when the concrete lid slipped and pinched the tip of Employee #1's left middle finger. He was taken to St. Francis Memorial Hospital and the tip of his finger was reattached the finger and the employee was hospitalized for a short period of time.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, DUST, INSTALLING, BOX LID, FINGER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, CONCRETE