Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170847891 - Employee's thumb amputated when caught between rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 170847891 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 12/02/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125893487	12/03/1997	1629	0	Reinforcing, Post-Tensioning Services Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, an iron worker, was working on an intake structure connected to a tunnel. He was tied off to a 35 sq ft mat of #11 rebar and was weaving a second 10,200 lb mat of #10 rebar into the first, at a right angle, prior to tying the mats together. A pair of shackles was placed around a pair of the #10 rebars on the second mat. The shackle was placed against a horizontal bar to keep it and the rigging from slipping, but the wired rebar did not hold the shackle in place. The rigging slipped as Employee #1 was weaving the rebar mats, forcing a horizontal #11 rebar to shift about 8 in. against a parallel rebar. His right thumb became caught between them, crushing the first digit too severely to be surgically reattached. The accident was attributed to the inadequate manner in which the rebar had been rigged.

Keywords: RIGGING, AMPUTATED, REBAR, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125893487			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: Other

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