Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118004.015 - Employee's finger is amputated by crane boom sheaves

Accident Summary Nr: 118004.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 07/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415794.015	07/12/2019		238990	Thomas Dicenzo, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on July 2, 2019, Employee #1 was engaged in rehabilitation work at a water/sewer treatment plant. He was un-reeving a hook block on a crane. The hook block was set on unstable ground, causing the block to fall over. As the block fell, the employee's right hand that was resting on the wire rope was pulled into the crane's boom sheave. The employee's right ring finger was partially amputated. The employee received medical treatment for the fingertip amputation but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught In, Construction, Crane Block, Crane Boom, Crane Hook, Falling Object, Fingertip, Hand, Partial Amputation, Rigging, Unstable Surface, Wire Rope

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1415794.015	25	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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