Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201067311 - Carpenter's thumb pinched, fractured in guardrail support

Accident Summary Nr: 201067311 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307027318	01/27/2004	1521	236115	Lucas And Mercier

Abstract: At about 7:00 a.m. on January 21, 2004, Employee #1, a carpenter with Lucas & Mercier, a framing contractor building new, single-family homes, was working at a construction jobsite in Carlsbad, CA, removing wooden guardrails that were previously installed for fall protection. As he was pulling a 2-ft by 4-ft piece of lumber from the upright, his right thumb got pinched in the support and he sustained a fracture. There were no power tools or other guarding issues involved in this process. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SUPPORT POSTS, GUARDRAIL, DISMANTLING, CARPENTER, FINGER, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, LUMBER

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	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307027318			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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