Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103407.015 - Employee lifting vault cover amputates finger

Accident Summary Nr: 103407.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 01/04/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1297609.015	01/09/2018		238210	Conti Corporation

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on January 4, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was working at a multiemployer construction project. He was lifting the steel cover of an electrical vault when the cover fell back into the vault. His left hand, which was positioned under the vault cover, was struck, and his left middle finger was partially amputated. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for the finger amputation and then released without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Construction, Cover, Crushing, Electrical Vault, Electrical Work, Falling Object, Finger, Sheared

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1297609.015	49	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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