Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121898.015 - Employee amputates three fingers when caught by magnetic dri

Accident Summary Nr: 121898.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 11/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1446529.015	11/21/2019		237310	Access Control Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on November 18, 2019, an employee working as a construction laborer for a highway and bridge contractor was installing a guardrail on a highway bridge approach. The employee was using a magnetic drill without the safety guard installed. The employee was using a Gatorade bottle with a hole in the lid to squirt cutting oil on the drill as he was using it. The employee dropped the bottle and reached for it with his right hand catching his glove in the drill. The employee's hand was pulled into the drill along with glove. The employee amputated three fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blind Reaching, Bridge, Catch Point, Caught By, Construction, Drill, Electric Magnet, Finger, Glove, Guardrail, Hand, Highway, Inexperience, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, Pulled In, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1446529.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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