Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170168447 - Painter's hand fractured when struck by winch handle

Accident Summary Nr: 170168447 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 06/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111900478	12/10/1991	1721	0	Potential Enterprises

Abstract: On June 20, 1991, Employee #1 was working as a painter on a bridge and was helping the foreman adjust a suspended scaffold. Employee #1 states that the foreman had made an adjustment to the scaffold and asked him to take the winch handle. Employee #1 reached for the handle, but did not have a full grasp on it when it made several turns, striking his left hand. Employee #1 sustained fractured bones in his left hand.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BRIDGE, PAINTER, WINCH, HAND, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111900478			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers

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