Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200522993 - Employee's finger amputated when caught between magnets

Accident Summary Nr: 200522993 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 02/13/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304789043	03/11/2002	1761	0	B. & E. Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing new higher-powered magnets. The magnets were crated for transportation and moved by a powered industrial truck to a location in the facility as close to the final designation as possible. Employee #1 was to carry the 150 to 180 pound magnets to the installation point. The magnets were unpacked and laid on the floor. He picked up the first magnet and began walking and as he moved magnet number 1 over magnet number 2, approximately 3 to 4 ft apart, the magnets were attracted and came together trapping his finger. The tip of his right pinky finger was crushed and then amputated at the hospital.

Keywords: MAGNET, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304789043			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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