Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201087020 - Employee Amputated a Finger Using a Hand Drill Mixing Grout

Accident Summary Nr: 201087020 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125721407	01/11/2006	1752	238330	Nelson Custom Tile

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on October 5, 2005, Employee #1, amputated part of a left middle finger while operating a portable electric drill attached with a metal mixing paddle used for mixing grout. Employee #1 was mixing the tile grout when the employee lowered part of his hand into the bucket. The portable mixer was still moving and Employee's #1 finger became caught on the paddle. Employee #1 suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger.

Keywords: MIXER BLADE, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, HAND TOOL, ELECTRIC DRILL, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125721407			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior tile work (ceramic, vinyl, acoustic) Fatality Cause: Other

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