Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123190.015 - Employee amputates fingertip due to load shifting

Accident Summary Nr: 123190.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 01/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456073.015	01/15/2020		236210	Construction Supply And Erection, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on January 9, 2020, an employee and a coworker were shaking out a truckload of structural steel in the laydown yard, using a crane and slings equipped with sorting hooks. A column was picked at both ends with the sorting hooks on the web member. The column twisted slightly away from parallel to the ground, which caused one hook to slide on the web, catching the employee's finger against the flange. The employee suffered a crushing amputation to his right ring finger at the first knuckle and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Attachment Hook, Caught Between, Crane, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Flange, Load Shift, Sling, Steel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1456073.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause:

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