Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170176556 - Employee's fingertip severed while on suspension scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170176556 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 05/23/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111737995	05/29/1991	7349	0	Commercial Building Maintenance Co.

Abstract: At approximately 6:20 a.m. on May 23, 1991, Employee #1, a window cleaner, was on a suspended scaffold as it was being raised. He had his left hand on the top railing of the guardrail as the scaffold passed a decorative aluminum fin on the building. Employee #1's fingertip was crushed and severed. The scaffold was installed to slow down as it passed that point, so that workers would stand to the rear of the scaffold as it passed the protruding decoration.

Keywords: SEVERED, WINDOW WASHER, FINGER, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111737995			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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