OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801324
AMPUTATED,CABLE TV WORK,CAUGHT BY,TRENCH,TRENCH DIGGER,ARM,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S ARM AND LEG AMPUTED BY TRENCHER CHAIN
Investigation abstract
Three employees had set up a Case trencher (Model No. 30+4) with a 1.8-meter cha in to lay a cable television line. Since it was close to lunchtime, one employee sent the other two employees to lunch. The remaining employee was digging the t rench when the trencher became stuck about 0.6 meters deep into the hole. The em ployee got off the seat with the trencher still running to dislodge the chain. T he chain started running again, caught the employee, and pulled him into the cha in, amputating an arm and a leg. He was hospitalized for his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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