Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122724.015 - Employee's finger is amputated as load is hoisted

Accident Summary Nr: 122724.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 08/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424743.015	08/20/2019		237310	Shimmick/Fcc/Impregilo, Joint Venture

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on August 7, 2019, Employee #1, a foreman on a bridge replacement project, was working at ground level while a coworker operated a tower crane. Employee #1 rigged a set of steel plates and connected them to a wire rope sling. As the coworker operated the crane to hoist the bundle of steel plates, Employee #1 noticed a half hitch knot beginning to develop on the wire rope sling as it left the ground. Employee #1 grabbed the knot with his left hand in an attempt to undo it. His middle finger became caught in the knot, and the wire rope sling quickly tightened and wrapped around the finger. The crane continued to hoist the load, and Employee #1's finger was pulled upward and ripped off his left hand. Employee #1, his hand freed from the knot, fell to the dirt floor surface. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of this finger amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Bridge, Caught By, Caught In, Construction, Finger, Hoistline, Load Line, Rehabilitation, Rigging, Sling, Tower Crane, Wire Rope

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1424743.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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