Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112191.015 - Employee sustains partial amputation of fingertip while inst

Accident Summary Nr: 112191.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 09/17/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1349508.015	09/26/2018		331221	Gerdau Reinforcing Steel

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on September 17, 2018, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured rolled steel shapes. He was installing Number 18 rebar with terminator heads. He was on one end of the rebar, installing the terminator heads, while a coworker was on the other end, pulling the rebar with a come along chain. The employee installed a terminator head prematurely. When he noticed it and tried to unscrew it, his finger became caught between the terminator head and the rebar. He sustained the partial amputation of the fingertip of the small finger on his left hand. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Construction, Finger, Fingertip, Installing, Partial Amputation, Rebar

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1349508.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Reinforcing Iron & Rebar Worker

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