OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437445

BOUDREAU PIPELINE CORPORATION

VALENCIA, CA· 2021-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Construction, Equipment Operator, Finger, Fingertip, Hand Tool, Incorrect Equipment, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Jackhammer, Laborer, Metal Pipe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipe, Traumatic Amputation, Unstable Position, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 486990
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345617005
Employer profile: BOUDREAU PIPELINE CORPORATION
Summary number: 221437445
Report ID: 0950643
Project type: A
Construction end-use: M

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when pinched between tool handl

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working as a construction laborer for a pipeline corporation was operating a heavy jackhammer. The employee was working on a piece of concrete known as a "thrust block" while using the jackhammer on a small concrete surface area. The jackhammer eventually moved off the concrete causing the jackhammer to suddenly drop down and pinch the employee's middle finger between the jackhammer handle and the edge of a vertical pipe. The tool provided sufficient force to cause the employee's fingertip to be amputated, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7010

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