Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 998500 - Employee's hand amputated by falling beam

Accident Summary Nr: 998500 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 02/24/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107779803	03/17/1988	1799	0	Carl Bolander & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:35 p.m. on February 24, 1988, Employee #1 was adjusting and setting the knife and linkage system under a 30 foot support beam while erecting a large, tandem truck scale. A hook from an I/H boom truck was hooked to the outside flange of the steel beam and lifted so that Employee #1 could set the links. The boom operator was instructed to lower the beam. The hook apparently twisted off the flange and the beam fell on Employee #1's right wrist, crushing and amputating the hand at the wrist.

Keywords: BEAM, AMPUTATED, HOISTING MECHANISM, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, SET UP, FALLING OBJECT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107779803			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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