Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202691721 - Worker Performing Excavation Work Sustains Finger Amputation

Accident Summary Nr: 202691721 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 07/19/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316700178	08/01/2013	1611	237310	Dss Company Dba Knife River Construction

Abstract: On July 19, 2013, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2, of DSS Company dba Knife River Construction, were performing trenching excavation work as part of a pipeline installation along a road. They were disconnecting the rigging chains by unbolting the eye bolts from precast concrete box culverts. Coworkers #1 and #2 completed their disconnection. They assumed mistakenly that Employee #1 had finished, as well. The signal was given to the machine operator to boom up. The chains started to lift. Employee #1, who was removing the nut and washer from an eye bolt, sustained a finger amputation when his finger was caught between the washer and the concrete box. He was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for the amputation and released without hospitalization.

Keywords: CHAIN, EXCAVATION, RIGGING, AMPUTATED, DISMANTLING, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PIPELINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316700178			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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