Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115915.015 - Employee's fingers are struck by boom and amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 115915.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 04/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1397972.015	04/29/2019		238140	Metro Masonry Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on April 24, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a masonry contractor, was operating a forklift at the construction site of a new commercial building. He reached under the lift's boom to remove shovels, which involved standing up from the seat of the cab and leaning out the front window to grab the shovels. The employee's hip struck against the lift's boom control, and the boom lowered and struck his right hand, amputating the ring and pinky fingers. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of the amputations.

Keywords: Aerial Lift Controls, Amputated, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Boom Truck, Construction, Equipment Operator, Finger, Forklift, Hip, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1397972.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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