Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120927.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in sprocket and cha

Accident Summary Nr: 120927.015 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 10/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439295.015	10/21/2019		237310	Lanford Brothers Company, Inc

Abstract: At 4:00 a.m. on October 13, 2019, an employe was working as a heavy truck driver for a bridge contractor. The employee was setting a wrench down on a ledge under a sprocket and chain on a concrete screed. The employee caught his left middle finger between the sprocket and chain. The employee amputated his fingertip below the fingernail and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bridge, Caught Between, Chain, Construction, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation, Truck Driver

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation			0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1439295.015	47	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause:

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