Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119844.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when pinched between joist memb

Accident Summary Nr: 119844.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 09/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1430904.015	09/12/2019		332312	Valley Joist, L.L.C.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on September 6, 2019, and employee was reaching for a steel joist which was moving on a free rolling manual conveyor. When the joist rolled up to the employee's work station, he grabbed the joist's end rod member. The grip that was holding the end rod member and top chord member together came off causing the end rod to fall. When it fell, the employee's pinky finger was pinched between the end rod and the top chord. The employee amputated his fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Conveyor, Finger, Fingertip, Joist, Material Handling, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Roller Conveyor, Steel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1430904.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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