OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516728

EXHAUST SYSTEM,EXCAVATION,ROTATING PARTS,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,WELDER,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,ARM

1987-07-24T00:00:00

Event: EXHAUST SYSTEM,EXCAVATION,ROTATING PARTS,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,WELDER,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,ARM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14516728
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee's arm amputated in boring machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was in an excavation, welding 20 ft long sections of 12 in. pipe bei ng bored under a highway for a distance of 120 ft. After welding one section of pipe, Employee #1 had to wait until the next 20 ft section was ready to be welde d. He was reaching into the dirt exhaust port, apparently to unclog dirt, when h is left arm became caught by the rotor blades and was amputated. There was no re ason for Employee #1 to have reached into the boring machine to clear out dirt.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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