Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130299.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in turbo drill rig

Accident Summary Nr: 130299.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 10/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1497202.015	10/13/2020		238910	Ecs Midwest, Llc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on October 5, 2020, an employee working as a construction trades helper was working for a site preparation contractor separating drilling rods. The employee reached towards the breaking table while a coworker operating the Diedrich D-50 Turbo Drilling Rig closed the hydraulic clamp. The employee caught his left ring finger in the clamp crushing the fingertip. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Clamp, Commercial Building, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Drill Rig--Non-Oil, Drilling, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hydraulic Equipment, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Site Preparation , Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1497202.015	25	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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