Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201168036 - Employee'S Finger Is Amputated While Using Sledge Hammer
Accident: 201168036 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/07/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126161447 | 07/20/2006 | 1771 | Gensalves & Santucci Inc Dba Conco Pumping | ||||
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on July 7, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a mobile concrete pump truck. He was cleaning the pump and installing the swing away from the transition clamp. He was holding the transition piece with his left hand, and a three-pound sledge hammer in his right hand. Employee #1 struck the wedge pin for the transition piece with the sledge hammer and was injured when the hammer bounced off the pin and hit his left hand. He was treated at LA County Hospital for amputation of his left ring finger. | |||||||
Keywords:
concrete pump, amputated, concrete truck, finger, struck by, concrete
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 7 | 80 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 126161447 | Non Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade FatCause: Other |