Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121233.015 - Employee amputates finger while cleaning tool

Accident Summary Nr: 121233.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 10/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1441646.015	10/30/2019		237120	Michels Corporation

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on October 27, 2019, an employee was painting a 4-inch natural gas pipe after mixing the paint with an 18-volt power drill with a paint mixer attachment. When the employee finished painting, they attempted to clean the residual paint off the mixer attachment by wiping it off on a nylon sack. He accidentally actuated the drill power button and the attachment wound up the nylon sack. The employee's left pinky finger became tangled in the material of the tightly wrapped nylon sack, amputating the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cleaning, Drill, Entangled, Finger, Painter

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1441646.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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