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Accident: 170696884 - Employee'S Finger Amputated When Truck Boom Retracts

Accident: 170696884 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 01/30/1998
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12557354306/25/19985999Boulders Unlimited
At 11:15 a.m. on January 30, 1998, Employee #1, a 19-year-old laborer, was assisting as a 13 ton RO Stinger truck-mounted crane delivered boulders over a fence for use in landscaping. The second finger on his right hand was amputated when it became caught in a 6 in. wide inspection hole in the telescoping boom as it was retracting.
Keywords: boom truck, amputated, finger, truck crane, caught by, truck boom
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 125573543 Non Hospitalized injury Amputation Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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