Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126491.015 - Employee amputates fingers when vest is caught in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 126491.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 05/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1476614.015	05/28/2020		238220	Polk Mechanical Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 A.M. on May 26, 2020, Employee #1, working for a mechanical contractor, was unwrapping a grooving machine. Employee #1 was providing refresher training to a coworker on how to groove a pipe. The pipe snagged the safety vest of Employee #1. Employee #1 then reached with the right hand to free the vest when the unguarded machine and pipe caught the hand and severed two fingers. Employee #1 was treated without hospitalization for an amputation at the first knuckle of the right index and middle fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Clothing, Commercial Building, Construction, Finger, Guard, Hand, Mechanical, Reach, Training, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1476614.015	21	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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