Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201074598 - Employee's Fingers Are Crushed by Cargo Container

Accident Summary Nr: 201074598 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/20/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312679236	07/30/2009	1731	238210	Par Electrical Contractors Inc.

Abstract: On July 20, 2009, Employee #1, with an electrical contractor, was directing the hoisting of an 8 ft by 16 ft storage container from a trailer using an electrical utility line truck (Number 566L, Altec Model Number D3060A TR, Serial Number 0108PM0300) in the employer's storage yard. When the storage container caught on the trailer, he placed his left hand between the storage container and the trailer to free the suspended container. The container then shifted and crushed Employee #1's hand between it and the trailer. He was hospitalized for amputations of his fourth and fifth fingers.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, SUSPENDED LOAD, HOIST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, TRAILER, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312679236			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Electrical power installers and repairers

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