Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144804.015 - Employee crushes finger under plate resulting in amputation

Accident Summary Nr: 144804.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 09/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1566605.015	12/01/2021		561320	Hernandez Contractor, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:35 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working as a mechanic for a temporary staffing contractor was working with a coworker installing a plate on the frame of a new conveyor belt. The employee was positioning the plate into place. He had his right hand placed underneath the plate and when the coworker put down his side of the plate first. The plate came down on the employee's index finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a crushed right index finger resulting in an amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Finger, Hand, Installing, Manual Mat Handling, Material Handling, Mechanic, Positioning, Staffing Agency, Steel Plate, Struck By, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Traumatic Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1566605.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Not specified mechanics and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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