Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127615.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when crushed lifting concrete b

Accident Summary Nr: 127615.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/25/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1482561.015	07/14/2020		517919	Line Works Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on June 25, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a telecommunications contractor was working on a crew installing underground fiber optic cable. The employee was lifting cinder-block size pieces of concrete. The concrete moved in an unexpected direction and crushed the employee's right pinky finger. The employee amputated his fingertip and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blocks, Caught Between, Concrete Block, Construction, Crushed, Falling Object, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Lifting, Material Handling, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Telecom Work, Traumatic Amputation

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	1482561.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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