Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117381.015 - Employee installing sheet metal amputates finger

Accident Summary Nr: 117381.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410664.015	06/24/2019		238220	Mmc Mechanical Contractors

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on June 17, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a plumbing/heating/air conditioning contractor, were engaged in installation work at a four-story commercial building. The coworker lowered a scissor lift being used to move the sheet metal. Employee #1's left ring finger was pinched between the unistrut and the lift's top rail, and the fingertip was amputated. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of the amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught Between, Construction, Fingertip, Guardrail, Installing, Laceration, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Plumbing, Scissor lift, Sheet Metal

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1410664.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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