Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104103.015 - Employee guiding forklift has finger amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 104103.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 03/15/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1303789.015	03/23/2018		238290	Boiler Dynamics

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on March 15, 2018, Employee #1 and his coworker, employed by a boiler services company, were installing a boiler at a feed plant. Employee #1 was guiding his coworker, who was operating a Caterpillar IT18F front end loader with forklift attachment and moving an economizer. The pallet on the front end loader broke, and the forks moved up quickly. Employee #1's left middle finger was caught between the forks and the economizer and was amputated. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was treated for the finger amputation and released the same day.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Amputation, Boiler, Caught Between, Construction, Finger, Front End Loader, Industrial Truck, Installing, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1303789.015	74	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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