Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137809.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when hand is caught in hoisti

Accident Summary Nr: 137809.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1545661.015	08/05/2021		332999	Bapko Metal Inc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 27, 2021, an employee was standing on the 4th floor while an electric winch operator on the 2nd floor was preparing to hoist a 300-lb steel tubing section from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor of an elevator shaft. The employee was guiding the tubing when his right hand became pinned between the hoisting line and the snatch block. The employee sustained amputations to the index and middle fingers, which are surgically reattached. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Surgical Amputation

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1545661.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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