Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201059532 - Employee's Finger Tip Is Amputated by Falling Counter Top

Accident Summary Nr: 201059532 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 03/03/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307164186	03/15/2005	1542	236220	Lakeview Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 p.m. on March 3, 2005, Employee #1, a 51-year-old laborer with no experience in the trade, was assigned to help disassemble a display kiosk. At the time of the accident, Employee #1, his supervisor and another laborer, were carrying manually a display counter top to a trash bin. When they got there, the supervisor and the other laborer got inside the trash bin and were pulling the counter top. Employee #1 remained outside, holding and pushing the counter top into the trash bin. Suddenly, the other two let the counter top go, without warning Employee #1. Employee #1 was unable to hold the weight of the counter top; thereby it fell on his right hand causing a degloving injury to his right middle finger. Employee #1 was transported to Arcadia Methodist Hospital, and his right middle finger tip was partially amputated to the first knuckle. Employee #1 was not hospitalized. The casual factor leading to the accident was the fact that the there was a miscommunication problem at the time when the load was being dropped inside the trash container.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, DEGLOVED, FALL, STRUCK BY

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307164186			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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