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Accident Summary Nr: 117837.015 - Employee's finger is injured when steel load shifts

Accident Summary Nr: 117837.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 03/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1390640.015	04/04/2019		238120	Schuff Steel

Abstract: At 2:20 p.m. on March 27, 2019, Employee #1, a foreman employed by a steel erection company, was working at the site of a new five-story commercial building. While handling a load of iron with dunnage in between the pieces of iron, one of the wood blocks shifted, causing the foreman's fingers to be pinched/smashed. One fingernail was destroyed. The employee received medical treatment for the injury but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Caught Between, Crushed, Dunnage, Erection Process, Finger, Load Shift, Nail, Pinched, Steel Erection, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			5	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1390640.015	43	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Moving Poi Fatality Cause:

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