OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14196356
SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER
SYKESVILLE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE HAND CRUSHED BY BACKHOE
Investigation abstract
On April 29, 1986, Employee #1 was helping move a nine-foot-long 32-inch-diamete ng and there is no formal training program. No apparent violations to safe work practices were noted. r hot water tank when his left hand was crushed. Employee #1 was assisting to mo ve a new hot water tank into the basement of a convalescent building. The hot wa ter tank was being lifted by a backhoe which was positioning the tank through a basement window. A chain attached to a lifting plate on the tank and to the back hoe bucket had been set on the ground so it could be slid in the open window. Th e left hand of Employee #1 was caught between the lifting point on the water tan k and the backhoe bucket. All employees involved were experienced tradesmen with a minimum of five years of experience. Employees only receive on the job traini
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 534
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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