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Accident Summary Nr: 106719.015 - Employee's thumb is caught in power tool and thumbnail is re

Accident Summary Nr: 106719.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 05/03/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1318407.015	05/14/2018		238220	Accurate Home Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on May 3, 2018, Employee #1, a plumber apprentice, and a coworker were installing new water lines at a residential home site. This involved Employee #1 working underneath the residential floor, on the sub-floor, to connect the kitchen's plastic lines to the main water supply's plastic line, the "trunk line." Employee #1 was lying on his side on the sub-floor and using a Rehau Power Tool to connect the lines. During this process, the power tool began to slip from his left hand, which became caught in the on/off switch. As he attempted to free his left hand with his right hand, his right thumb became caught in the mechanism. Employee #1 pulled his thumb to free it, and the mechanism removed his right thumbnail. Employee #1 was transported to the local hospital and then transferred to a regional hospital, where he was admitted and treated for the thumb injury.

Keywords: Caught In, Connecting, Connector, Fingertip, Installing, Pinned, Plumbing, Portable Power Tool, Residential Construction, Thumb, Undrgrd Installation, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1318407.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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