Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126059.015 - Employee amputates fingertips when crushed by falling beam

Accident Summary Nr: 126059.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 01/15/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456455.015	01/16/2020		238290	Stewart Handling Systems, Inc.

Abstract: On January 15, 2020, an employee and three coworkers were erecting a Freestanding Bridge Crane in the maintenance shop of a distribution warehouse. The employee and coworkers attempted to orient a 28-foot steel beam, weighing more than 1,400 pounds, which was to be used as a runway for the crane. The beam was attached to the forks of a powered industrial trucks. The employee and one of their coworkers were positioned on either side of the beam that was being hoisted off the floor using a chain, two shouldered eyebolts, and two fasteners. The beam became hung up on a chain link. When the beam was released from the chain link, it bumped or shuttered, causing an eyebolt to fail and the beam to fall to the ground. The employee's right ring and middle fingers were pinched between the beam and the floor. The employee amputated the right ring and middle fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Crane, Crushed, Erection Process, Falling Object, Fingertip, Overhead Crane, Pinched, Steel Beam

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1456455.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Managers and administrators, n.e.c

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