Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170847636 - Employee's Fingertip Amputated by Steel Wire

Accident Summary Nr: 170847636 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 03/11/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125893693	03/12/1998	1622	0	Shank/Balfour Beatty

Abstract: At approximately 12:40 p.m. on March 11, 1998, Employee #1 was beginning to operate a 0.5-in. magnetic drill motor, a device he had used numerous times on this and other jobs. The chuck key, which was attached to the drill by a 0.125-in. steel wire, had been left in the chuck. When Employee #1 turned on the drill motor, the chuck rotated, and the wire wound around his right ring finger. Before he could turn the motor off, the wire had cut through the finger, leaving the tip attached only by a shred of skin. Employee #1 had not inspected the drill before starting work.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, METAL WIRE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC DRILL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125893693			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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