Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122522.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between beam and crane

Accident Summary Nr: 122522.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 12/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451415.015	12/13/2019		238210	Bird Electric Enterprise, Llc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on December 13, 2019, an employee was working as an electricians' apprentice for an electrical contractor. The employee completed the installment of a switch. A coworker operating a crane was lifting the switch when it boomed down too far. When the employee began to remove the sling from the switch, he caught his finger between the beam and the headache ball. The employee amputated his finger and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Beam, Boom, Caught Between, Crane, Crane Boom, Electric Switch, Electrician, Finger, Headache Ball, Hoisting Mechanism, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Lifting, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Sling, Traumatic Amputation, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1451415.015	29	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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