Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124727.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while cleaning energized mortar

Accident Summary Nr: 124727.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1469107.015	03/11/2020		922160	Fire Stop Systems, Llc

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on February 27, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a fire protection company was operating a Toro MMX-850E-S Ultra Mix 2 Horsepower Mortar Mixer. The employee was cleaning off the sides of the mixer drum when the mixing blade caught his fingers. The employee amputated his middle finger and partially degloved his index finger, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Cleaning, Commercial Building, Concrete Mixer, Construction, Degloving, Drum, Finger, Fingertip, Fire Ext System, Hand, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Mixer, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			5	75

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1469107.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause:

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