Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124950.015 - Employee suffers fingertip amputation during pipelaying

Accident Summary Nr: 124950.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 03/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1470894.015	03/19/2020		237120	Lane Pipeline Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on March 13, 2020, Employee #1 was working for a construction pipeline contractor, while laying pipeline. Employee #1 reached inside the pipe to find the seam to correctly connect the next pipeline section. The pipe was suspended by slings. Employee #1 was holding the pipe while it was being lowered when his fingers were trapped between the two pieces of pipe. Employee #1 suffered an amputation of the fingertip on the right index finger. Employee #1 received medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipelayer, Pipeline

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1470894.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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