Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201039476 - Employee's fingertip amputated by falling scrap metal

Accident Summary Nr: 201039476 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 08/28/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309906915	10/04/2007	1795	238910	Miller Environmental Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:40 a.m. on August 28, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker, of Miller Environmental, Inc., were lifting a large, sharp piece of scrap metal from an old oven at a demolition site in San Pedro, CA. Employee #1 was wearing leather-palmed work gloves with a cotton back. When the coworker accidentally let go of the scrap metal, the sharp edge cut through Employee #1's glove, severing his left middle finger at the first digit. Employee #1 was transported to the emergency room at UCLA Harbor General Hospital, where he was treated for the amputated fingertip and released. Employee #1 was apparently assuming the identity of his cousin, a Miller Environmental employee, by using the cousin's name, driver's license, and Social Security number.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, DEMOLITION, DISMANTLING, PPE, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309906915			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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