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Accident Summary Nr: 134339.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in handrail pinch p

Accident Summary Nr: 134339.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505646.015	12/09/2020		236210	Tcb Industrial, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on November 27, 2020, an employee working as a millwright for an industrial building contractor was installing an angle iron handrail at the commercial fishery station. The employee had secured one end of the 2-inch by 5-foot-11-inch-long handrail with a while the other end was wedged against concrete wall and was unsecured. The employee was kneeling down checking his work to ensure it was leveled when unsecured end fell. When the angle iron came down, it pivoted at the bolt-end striking the employee on the right-hand middle finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated middle fingertip. The employee was wearing Maxiflex gloves at the time.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Commercial Building, Construction, Falling Object, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Handrail, Instantaneous amputation, Iron, Iron Worker, Metal, Metal Rail, Millwright, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1505646.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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