OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998500

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

1988-02-24T00:00:00

Event: BEAM,AMPUTATED,HOISTING MECHANISM,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,SET UP,FALLING OBJECT,HAND
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 998500
Report ID: 552700

Event description

Employee's hand amputated by falling beam

Investigation 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 ou tside flange of the steel beam and lifted so that Employee #1 could set the link s. The boom operator was instructed to lower the beam. The hook apparently twist ed off the flange and the beam fell on Employee #1's right wrist, crushing and a mputating the hand at the wrist.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
12

Event type
2

Source
28

Occupation code
599

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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