Accident Report Detail
Accident: 109629.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip When Wheel Loader Overturns
Accident: 109629.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 09/27/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1350053.015 | 09/28/2018 | Dragados Usa Inc.,/Flatiron West, Inc/Sukut Construction, Inc./ A Joint Venture | |||||
At 7:50 a.m. on September 27, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction comp any, was operating a CAT 966 Wheel Loader and cleaning up loose road material at a heavy construction project. As he moved forward, the front tire began to asc end a 2:1 slope, and the loader tipped over. The employee was thrown into the w indow, hitting his head and injuring his finger. He was transported to the hosp ital, where he was treated for an amputated right index fingertip and then relea sed without hospitalization. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, amputation, construction, construction vehicle, equipment operator, fall, fall protection, finger, fingertip, head, inattention, overturn, pinned, slope, speeding, struck against, wheel loader
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other heavy construction | New project or new addition | 1 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1350053.015 | 49 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Operating engineers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: |