Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201054624 - Employee's hand caught in gears

Accident Summary Nr: 201054624 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 09/08/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300776259	12/13/2000	1751	0	Vortex

Abstract: A window manufacturing company had contracted with a subcontractor to remove and replace one of its roll-up doors located in the warehouse loading area. Employee #1 was standing on a ladder (extended to approximately 16 ft) in order to take down the curtain of the roll-up door, but the gear mechanism was stuck. Employee #1 was using a pry bar to free the gears while an assistant below was holding the drive hand chain. Employee #1 briefly rested his left hand on the main gear and the gears broke loose and started to move and his hand was caught in between the gears. Employee #1 sustained fractures in three bones in the back of his hand. He received surgery on the day of his injury and was released the next day.

Keywords: LADDER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DOOR, GEAR, HAND, PRY BAR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300776259			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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