Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201092236 - Employee's finger amputated when scaffolding collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201092236 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 11/24/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126139898	12/03/1998	1761	0	Western Pacific / Ford'S Plastering

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on the first story scaffold adjusting some planks when the cross bracing from the second story scaffold came loose and fell on his finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized with an amputated finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, SCAFFOLD BEARER, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126139898			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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