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Accident Summary Nr: 135366.015 - Employee suffers fingertip amputation when tie wires get cau

Accident Summary Nr: 135366.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1529125.015	05/05/2021		238110	Guy Yocom Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on February 9, 2021, Employee #1 was working for a structural concrete contractor. Employee #1 was installing a tarp, with the use of wire ties, underneath a cement mixing truck to prevent oil drips from staining newly poured concrete inside warehouse. Employee #1 was securing the tarp to the cement mixing truck when the wire tie got caught in the running axel of the cement truck. The wire tie was pulled away from the hand of Employee #1 causing a fingertip amputation. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cement truck, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Finger, Fingertip, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Partial Amputation, Tarp, Tie Wire, Traumatic Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1529125.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause:

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