Accident Report Detail

Accident: 112610.015 - Employee'S Finger, Crushed By Falling Counterweights, Is Amp

**Accident: 112610.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 03/31/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1371383.015	01/15/2019		Brandsafway Services, Llc

At 3:30 a.m. on March 31, 2018, Employee #1 was removing scaffolding from a work site. During the dismantling process, the wire rope assembly that held counterw eights failed, and the counterweights fell and crushed the employee's finger. E mergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. Treatment involved amputation of his finger. He was released without hospitali zation.

Keywords: amputation, construction, counterbalance, crushed, dismantling, equipment failure, falling object, finger, scaffold, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1371383.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters

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