Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170871008 - Employee Suffers Amputation By Mixer Blades

Accident Summary Nr: 170871008 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120151006	04/12/2002	1742	0	Rick H. Hitch Plastering, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was banging on the side of an operational plaster mixer with a hammer to loosen plaster when the hammer dropped to the ground. Employee #1 bent over to pick it up with his left hand, using his right hand to hold on to the side of the mixer and in doing so his hand went through the metal grate striking the mixer blade severing three middle fingers. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: MIXER BLADE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, MIXER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120151006			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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