Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143744.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when pinched between tool handl

Accident Summary Nr: 143744.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1561700.015	11/03/2021		486990	Boudreau Pipeline Corporation

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working as a construction laborer for a pipeline corporation was operating a heavy jackhammer. The employee was working on a piece of concrete known as a "thrust block" while using the jackhammer on a small concrete surface area. The jackhammer eventually moved off the concrete causing the jackhammer to suddenly drop down and pinch the employee's middle finger between the jackhammer handle and the edge of a vertical pipe. The tool provided sufficient force to cause the employee's fingertip to be amputated, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Construction, Equipment Operator, Finger, Fingertip, Hand Tool, Incorrect Equipment, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Jackhammer, Laborer, Metal Pipe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipe, Traumatic Amputation, Unstable Position, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition			0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1561700.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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