Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122706.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips when caught in cordless dr

Accident Summary Nr: 122706.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 12/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452551.015	12/18/2019		238210	Wise Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on December 16, 2019, an employee was working as an electrician for an electrical contractor on a new commercial building. The employee was installing an electrical service panel box. The employee was using a cordless hand drill to drill pilot holes for conduit. He was guiding the drill bit with his left hand. The employee hit the trigger with his right hand causing the drill bit to catch his left glove. The glove wrapped around the drill shaft. The employee amputated his middle and ring fingertips and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Commercial Building, Construction, Drill, Drill Bit, Drilling, Electrical Box, Electrician, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand Tool, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Traumatic Amputation, Trigger

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1452551.015	77	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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