Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764773 - Employee's finger amputated by end plate on steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170764773 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/01/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125585521	10/06/1998	1751	0	Proline Builders Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, age 19, was unloading 25 ft long steel square box beams from an extension boom all-terrain forklift. He was at one end of the box column and a coworker, the company's president, was at the other end. Employee #1's right middle finger became caught under an attachment plate welded to the end of the beam and was amputated to the base of the nail. Employee #1 did not remove his hand from the danger zone in time to prevent the accident.

Keywords: LOADING, STEEL BEAM, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125585521			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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