Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106312.015 - Employee handling metal door cuts and fractures fingers

Accident Summary Nr: 106312.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 12/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1288206.015	01/17/2018		236220	Equity Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on December 15, 2017, Employee #1 and a coworker, his supervisor, both employed by a construction general contractor, were engaged in demolition work at a one-story commercial building. The coworker was operating a jackhammer to break up the floor. A metal sliding door measuring 12 feet by 12 feet was on the floor and in the way of the coworker's activity. As Employee #1 attempted to move the door by pulling on the door's sprocket, a spring released, and Employee #1's right hand was struck. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a laceration to the right middle finger's tendon and a fracture to the right index finger.

Keywords: Construction, Demolition, Door, Finger, Fracture, Laceration, Pressure Release, Sprocket, Tendon, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1288206.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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