Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121469.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between cable and pull

Accident Summary Nr: 121469.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443284.015	11/07/2019		238130	Signet Construction, Llc Dba Signet Builders

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on October 11, 2019, an employee working as a carpenter for a framing contractor was working on a commercial construction project. The employee was installing a manure conveyor belt by using a cable wrapped around a pulley attached to an electric motor. The cable became dislodged and was sitting askew on the pulley. The employee grabbed the cable with his gloved hand to try to straighten it just as a coworker turned the motor on. The employee left hand was caught between the cable and pulley. The employee amputated his index finger at the middle knuckle and fractured his middle finger, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cable, Carpenter, Caught Between, Commercial Building, Construction, Conveyor Belt, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Hand, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulley, Traumatic Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1443284.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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