Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110129.015 - Employee handling lifting magnet amputates fingertip

Accident Summary Nr: 110129.015 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 10/06/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1353377.015	10/11/2018		237990	Tbc - The Boring Company

Abstract: At 7:10 a.m. on October 6, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a tunnel construction company, was preparing for the lifting of a large steel plate. He was attempting to rotate and position a lifting magnet onto the steel plate. The lifting magnet was connected to a forklift boom. As he was handling the magnet's lifting shackle, with his finger in a pinch point, pressure from the forklift boom was released, and the lifting shackle pinched his finger against the magnet case. The tip of his left pinky finger was amputated. The employee received treatment for the partial finger amputation but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Boom, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Forklift, Magnet, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pinned, Shackle

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1353377.015	36	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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