Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202675799 - Employee Injures Hand When Sponge Discharges From Pipe
Accident: 202675799 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/25/2013 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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317246981 | 10/22/2013 | 1771 | California Concrete Pumping Inc Dba Associated Co | ||||
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 25, 2013, Employee #1 was performing cleaning using compressed air on a concrete pumping truck with a boom. As the cleaning sponge was fed through the boom piping on the truck using compressed air, the cleaning sponge jammed in the pipe and then released forcefully through a section of piping that had been removed to discharge the sponge. The employee's hand was struck by the sponge as it discharged from the piping. Employee #1 was transported to U.C. Davis Hospital, where he was underwent surgery to repair multiple fractures to the right hand and a partial amputation of the right ring finger. The employee was hospitalized over twenty-four hours. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, amputated, cleaning, compressed air, jammed, pipe, struck by, flying object, concrete, hand
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | Other | Under $50,000 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 317246981 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Heavy equipment mechanics |